Supervisory Police Officer

Duties

• Assigns daily shift schedules, patrol sectors, and investigation tasks to subordinate investigators to ensure optimal installation coverage.
• Evaluates the job performance of subordinate personnel by establishing performance standards and conducting formal reviews.
• Coordinates emergency response activities at major traffic collision scenes to secure the perimeter and preserve critical physical evidence.
• Collects physical evidence from crash scenes, including tire scuff marks, vehicle damage profiles, and debris fields, to analyze points of impact.
• Calculates vehicle speeds, momentum vectors, and braking distances using specialized mathematical formulas and reconstruction software.
• Drafts highly detailed scale diagrams and technical narrative reports to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to a collision.
• Testifies as a subject matter expert in military courts-martial, federal magistrate court, or civilian hearings regarding traffic reconstruction findings.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• This position is subject to the provisions of the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban commonly referred to as the Lautenberg Amendment.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion.
• This position requires the employee to use personal protective equipment provided by the employer.
• 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.
• This position has been designated "Mission Essential". In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations the incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.
• This position has a requirement to lift up to 45 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.
• Due to the nature of this position, employees are required to work both planned and unscheduled overtime.
• This position requires shift work to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations. Employee shifts are rotated on a regularly scheduled basis.
• This position requires incumbent successfully graduate(d) from the US Army Civilian Police Academy or complete within one year of hire date, unless incumbent has a current approved waiver from the Office of the Provost Marshal General.
• The incumbent may be subject to personal civil action resulting from the improper exercise of arrest authority or the injudicious use of force during the apprehension or detention of any individual.
• The incumbent will be regularly exposed to the inherent, day-to-day hazards and physical dangers associated with active law enforcement and security duties.
• Incumbent must achieve Foundational qualifications within 9 months, Resident qualifications within 12 months, and maintain 20 hours of Continuous Professional Development annually, and that failure to do so may result in removal from the position.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 11.
• This position is supervisory as defined by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG). A one year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

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 .

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Conducting technical traffic accident investigations, to include collecting physical evidence, measuring skid marks, and diagramming collision scenes.; Authoring detailed, technical traffic collision investigation reports to be used in judicial or administrative proceedings.; and assigning daily work tasks and evaluating the job performance of law enforcement or security personnel. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).

Creditable specialized experience may have been gained in work on a police force; through service as a military police officer; in work providing visitor protection and law enforcement in parks, forests, or other natural resource or recreational environments; in performing criminal investigative duties; or in other work that provided the required knowledge and skills.

Education

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.

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.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• 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 information sheet.
• This is a(n) Security & Intelligence Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowance is not authorized.
• Recruitment and relocation incentives may be authorized.
• Salary negotiations for those candidates who are new to Federal service or have a break in service may be authorized.
• Credit for prior non-Federal work experience and certain military service for determining annual leave accrual rate may be authorized.