Supervisory Police Officer

Duties
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• Develop plans for police response to emergencies such as traffic/crowd control or security of facilities.
• Provide policy and program oversight to police investigations.
• Submit recruitments, promotions or disciplinary actions to Chief of Police.
• Oversee daily execution of police activity to include patrol operations and traffic law enforcement.
• Prepare written performance standards/appraisals for employees.
• Advise staff of regulation changes/updates that affect operations.
• Coordinate law enforcement support with other local, state or federal agencies.
• Coordinate requests for police support at special events such as ceremonies or festivals.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent must possess a valid state driver's license and be able to obtain and maintain a government motor vehicle operator's license.
• Incumbent must wear chemical protection masks, gloves and other associated equipment.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• Incumbent must pass a Physical Agility Test (PAT) within 30 days of hire date and annually thereafter.
• Successful graduation from the United States Army Civilian Police Academy or willingness to attend the United States Army Civilian Police Academy after appointment.
• Incumbent must be qualified/certified to use police weapons, crime scene evidence collecting equipment, automated police information retrieval systems, chemical aerosol irritants, tear gas and radar gun.
• Incumbent must obtain and maintain state certification for radar and breathalyzer operations.
• Incumbent must comply with and maintain the requirements of the Individual Reliability Program (IRP) IAW AR 190-56.
• The 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968 covers this position. Persons convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime of domestic violence are not eligible for this position.
• This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) and is covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
• Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

Specialized Experience:
External Applicants: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) Performing law enforcement activities such as patrol, criminal investigations and apprehensions/arrests; 2.) Providing training/guidance on law enforcement regulations and procedures; and 3.) Completing managerial functions such as performance evaluation, delegating tasks, conducting interviews and preparing reports. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10).

Current Federal Employees: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) Assisting with law enforcement operations in areas such as prevention, detection, and/or reporting of crimes; 2.) Responding to/investigating emergency calls; 3.) Managing aspects of personnel administration such as evaluating performance, preparing schedules and assigning work and 4.) Ensuring compliance with police operations and administration policies/procedures. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Criminal Investigation
• Decision Making
• Managing Human Resources
• Public Safety and Security

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Physical Security and Law Enforcement Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Recruitment and relocations may be authorized.
• Student loan repayment may be authorized.
• Salary negotiations for those candidates who are new to Federal service may be authorized.
• Credit for prior non-federal work experience and certain military service for determining annual leave accrual rate may be authorized.
• One year supervisory probationary period may be required.