Police lieutenant vs sergeant

Differences between police lieutenant and sergeant duties and responsibilities

Police lieutenant example responsibilities.

• Orchestrate the day to day demands, managing deficiencies/opportunities and prioritization of unit operations throughout specific target areas within NYC.
• Direct members of firefighting crews in the care and maintenance of firefighting apparatus and equipment, assign and review their work.
• Supervise assigned uniform personnel through coordination of roll calls, schedules and daily patrol assignments.
• Supervise shift and departmental operations; monitor and evaluate subordinates work, review reports and direct patrol and investigative operations.
• Orchestrate the day to day demands, managing deficiencies/opportunities and prioritization of unit operations throughout specific target areas within NYC.
• Arrange quarterly Compstat, take complaint reports (CRs), handle special attentions and conduct roll call training.

Sergeant example responsibilities.

• Manage critical incidents including barricade gunmen, VIP visits, homicides, shootings and in-progress crimes.
• Manage and submit all schedules for maximum security unit, and all non security staff assign to that unit.
• Monitor and manage enlisted promotion boards and actions; publish promotion orders for soldiers being promote to SGT and SSG.
• Assist in establishing overall S3 objectives and accomplishing assign missions.
• Manage training for CBRN response operations including detection and decontamination equipment.
• Implement USAF, DoD and MAJCOM security policies while balancing operational needs with security requirements for the protection of classify information.
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