Police Officer
Veterans Health Administration
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LEAD POLICE OFFICER
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Department of the Navy
GS-7 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job is for a lead police officer at a Navy base in California, where you'll oversee a team of officers, handle emergency responses, investigate incidents like accidents or assaults, and ensure security against threats.
It's ideal for someone with solid law enforcement experience who can lead others and stay calm in high-pressure situations.
You'll protect people and property on the base through daily patrols, coordination, and anti-terrorism efforts.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-07 level or equivalent in law enforcement, physical security, antiterrorism, and force protection
- Ability to perform preliminary and ongoing investigations of incidents such as traffic accidents, domestic violence, assaults, or child abuse
- Skills in deploying advanced techniques, equipment, or training for security functions
- Experience documenting law enforcement events, issuing citations, and maintaining records
- Leadership ability to distribute workload, balance rotations, and coordinate among police officers
- Proficiency in administering anti-terrorism, force protection, physical security, and law enforcement services
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain necessary security clearances for Navy installation work
Full Job Description
You will serve as a LEAD POLICE OFFICER in the Commander, Navy Installations Command of NAVBASE POINT LOMA SEC DET.
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.
Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.
Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Performing law enforcement (LE), physical security (PS), antiterrorism (AT), and force protection (FP) functions; 2) Deploying specialized oradvanced techniques, equipment, knowledge, or training; 3) Conducting preliminary and/or ongoing investigations of incidents; and 4) Documenting lawenforcement and security events and the issuance of citations.
NOTE: THIS INFORMATION MUST BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR RESUME TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THEPOSITION.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/police-series-0083/ http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/police-series-0083/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:
- You will conduct preliminary investigations of critical incidents (e.g., traffic accidents, domestic violence, fights, assaults, child abuse or neglect).
- You will coordinate emergency response for calls concerning complaints or reports of violations.
- You will distribute and balance workload and rotations among police officers.
- You will administer anti-terrorism, force protection, physical security, and law enforcement services for the protection of life and property.
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