POLICE OFFICER

Full Job Description

This National Guard position is for a POLICE OFFICER, Position Description Number D2499P01 and is part of the 178th SFS, Ohio Air National Guard.

The primary purpose of this position is: to perform law enforcement work to maintain law and order, preserve the peace, protect life and civil rights, detect, and assists local, state, or federal law enforcement in investigations, arrests and/or detention, or apprehension, and perform patrols within the assigned jurisdictions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience 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.

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.

Major Duties:

As a POLICE OFFICER, GS-0083-7, you will perform the following duties: 1.

Performs the full spectrum of police officer duties within the assigned jurisdictions: Incumbent may full powers of apprehension and detention, which entails carrying a firearm, mirandizing suspects, preserving evidence, and testifying in court as it pertains to enforcing regulations within assigned jurisdiction.

The incumbent is required to meet all requirements of Federal, DoD, AF, MAJCOM, State, and local level rules and regulations to maintain trainings and weapons qualifications, as a police officer on a military installation, which may include maintaining Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Certification.

Patrols the installation on foot or in vehicles; responds to alarms, irregularities, and unusual or suspicious circumstances; and investigates the incidents.

Enforces traffic rules and regulations, including those related to speed, reckless and drunken driving.

Exercises search and assists local, state, or federal law enforcement with arrest authority, detains witnesses, apprehends suspects, interviews witnesses and other persons involved, and determines whether facts warrant apprehension or lesser action.

When dealing with witness/suspects, officers must consider the current social-political climate and find ways to alleviate any tension resulting from events outside the installation which may raise prejudice/distrust of authority figures and increase conflict levels between officers and the people with whom they interact.

Officers must also be aware of any witnesses'/suspects' possible gang affiliations and the difficulties/risks associated with them.

Appears in court to testify as required in Military Courts Martial or Federal and State Court proceedings.

Provides sworn testimony based on the investigative process, evidence gathered, witness' statements in criminal and traffic courts.

Upon notification, responds to Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) alarms and determines probable cause (actual or false alarm).

Protects personnel, material, tactical military assets, and high value assets by executing daily Random Anti-terrorism Measure (RAM) and supplemental anti-terrorism measures during increased force protection conditions.

Responds to and investigates emergency calls, complaints, and other calls for service, to include protests, active shooter events, and terrorist attacks.

Responsible for Entry Control Point (ECP), Traffic Control Points (TCP), Assures criminal or Antiterrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) measures are met to protect installation command and assure mission accomplishment.

Performs vehicle examinations searching for illegal substances, firearms, and explosive devices.

Functions as first line of defense to prevent possible terrorist attacks by vehicle, selling/distributing illegal substances, and maintaining the safety and security of the installation.

Reacts to neutralize threats, secure resources, personnel, and property. Investigates accidents, summons rescue squads and firefighters, and redirects onlookers from scene. 2.

Conducts Investigations/Surveillance: Conducts investigations of crimes and complaints covering a wide range of subjects and allegations that are not within the scope of Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) or the scope of the higher-level detectives assigned to the Squadron.

Complaints range from simple inquiries to incidents/complaints requiring investigations that are relatively short in duration and end with the detention of a suspect.

Interviews personnel and collects data while conducting formal investigations on foot or in vehicles and inquiries into criminal acts such as assaults, major vehicle accidents, larceny of and/or damage to government and private property, minor drug offenses, pay and allowance matters, misdemeanor offenses involving misuse of government computers, and other incidents as directed by competent authority.

Determines the proper course of action and plans, coordinates, initiates, and takes actions necessary to resolve the complaint or inquiry.

Investigations involve searching crime scenes for clues, interviewing witnesses, following leads, analyzing, and evaluating evidence, and locating and detaining suspects.

Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.

A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (D2499P01). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp