Environmental Conservation Police Colonel Energy and Environmental Protection Division Director

Introduction

Want a leadership position protecting Connecticut’s natural resources and beautiful state parks and forests? If so, we encourage you to check out this opportunity! The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Bureau of Outdoor Recreation is seeking to hire an Environmental Conservation Police Colonel (DEEP Division Director) to oversee the Environmental Conservation Police Division. This position requires POST certification as a law enforcement officer in Connecticut.

If you are from out of state, you will need to obtain POST certification within 6 months of hire.

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• This is a Hazardous Duty Position and offers a pension plan, the State Employees Retirement System Tier IV. As a Hazardous Duty employee, you will be eligible to retire after just 25 years of service, regardless of your age.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

Our state has a lot to offer – from fun activities for all ages, to great food and shopping, to beautiful state parks and forests, to diverse cultures and rich history. Connecticut is a great place to live! Learn more about Connecticut here.

This is a full‑time, 40‑hour per week position. Schedule is Monday through Friday, with some night and weekend work and travel expected. The position will work out of our downtown Hartford office at 79 Elm Street, across from historic Bushnell Park.

This position is responsible for management and oversight of a varied and dynamic statewide law enforcement agency consisting of sixty‑two sworn officers, two permanent administrative secretaries, up to fifty seasonal patrol officers and eight dispatcher positions managing a 24‑hour emergency dispatch center.

Duties include managing an annual budget, strategic planning, recruitment and hiring, assignment and adjudication of internal affairs investigations, legislative initiatives, policy development, labor relations, developing memoranda of agreements, asset management, and equipment purchases. The director liaises with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and serves as public information officer at critical incidents and special events. The Division has five specialized law enforcement units which the director manages including K9, Chemical Immobilization, Boating Accident Reconstruction, Hunting Related Shooting Incidents, and PEER support.

The Environmental Conservation Police Division is an accredited law enforcement agency with statewide conservation law enforcement responsibilities. The division is made up of three unique geographical districts each managed by a district captain and overseen by a Colonel and Major. The division has responsibility for over 255,000 acres of agency‑owned lands and waters that include state forests, state parks, wildlife management areas and boating access areas.

The division is responsible for the patrol element of Connecticut’s shellfish program, has a cooperative enforcement agreement with NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement, boating accident investigation responsibilities and patrol on Connecticut’s state waterways. The mission of the Environmental Conservation Police is to provide natural resource protection and public safety through education, outreach and enforcement in the areas of fish and game, boating, commercial fishing, wildlife management, parks and forests.

DEEP is charged with conserving, improving and protecting the natural resources and the environment of the state of Connecticut as well as making cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy available for the people and businesses of the state. The agency is also committed to playing a positive role in rebuilding Connecticut’s economy and creating jobs – and to fostering a sustainable and prosperous economic future for the state.

Minimum Qualifications – General Experience

• Ten (10) years of professional experience in natural resource management, public outdoor recreation, environmental…