LEAD POLICE OFFICER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a LEAD POLICE OFFICER in the OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT of CB CEN GULFPORT 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 also 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) Conducting preliminary and/or ongoing investigations of incidents; 3) Documenting law enforcement and security events and the issuance of citations; 4) Distributing workload to junior officers in accordance with priority and skill level.

(NOTE: Your answer must be supported by information in your resume.) 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/ 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.

This position requires rotating shift work. This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements.

Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required. Major Duties:

• You will control access to secure areas by checking all facilities (e.g., gates, locks, fence lines, designated sensitive buildings) to protect an installation.
• You will explain policies, goals, procedures, and regulations to assigned law enforcement personnel.
• You will conduct random searches of vehicles to detect unauthorized removal of classified material, government property, contraband, weapons, or explosives.
• You will initiate action when unlawful entries or other violations are found as a result of making physical security checks of buildings.
• You will use established techniques and procedures to seize and protect evidence.
• You will write crime scene reports containing evidence and statements gathered.