POLICE OFFICER
U.S. Marine Corps
Posted: January 13, 2026 (2 days ago)
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U.S. Marine Corps
Department of the Navy
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Salary
$61,722 - $80,243
per year
Type
Closes
Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This role involves leading a team of police officers as a desk or patrol sergeant in the U.S.
Marine Corps Police Department, overseeing daily operations like patrols, access control, and report management to keep the base safe.
It's a hands-on supervisory position that requires quick decision-making in high-pressure situations.
A good fit would be someone with prior law enforcement experience who thrives in a structured military environment and is comfortable with shift work and carrying a firearm.
You will serve as a LEAD POLICE OFFICER (DESK SERGEANT/PATROL SERGEANT) in the PROVOST MARSHALL OFFICE MARINESS CORPS POLICE DEPARTMENT of MARFORRES NOLA.
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.
GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-08 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector that provided knowledge of a body of basic laws and regulations, law enforcement operations, practices and techniques and involved responsibility for maintaining order and protecting life and property.
Specialized experience for this position is assisting in the planning and directing of watch activities, preparing absentee reports and watch schedules/lists; deploying police officers on motorized, bicycle, or walking patrols; directing police officers at fixed posts; controlling vehicle and personnel access to the installation; instructing field training officers; monitoring and maintaining criminal activity statistics; receiving reports, maintaining desk journals and ensuring accuracy of paperwork submitted.
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.
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.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT CONTINUED: You are required to carry a firearm. You must pass all weapons qualifications prior to assigned duties and responsibilities and you must pass all re-qualifications.
You are required to wear a uniform and maintain appearance and grooming standards per Marine Corps orders/policies.
Failure to meet conditions of employment may result in disciplinary action or termination.
Must satisfactorily pass the Police Applicant Suitability Review (PASR) investigation This position requires rotating shift work and you are subject to 24-hr recall and will maintain a 24-hr notification number and required to respond per installation policy/SOP.
Subject to interruptions from meal or other work breaks while on duty.
This position does not meet the definition of law enforcement officer (LEO) and is excluded from coverages as LEO for purposes of Federal Employment Retirement System-Base Annuity IAW 5 CFR, Part 8412, Subpart H.
This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites.
You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
You may be required to respond to off base circumstances as directed by the installation commander, in accordance with USMC and DOD policy. Major Duties:
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