Supervisory Police Officer

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as the Operations Officer responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of law enforcement programs, policies, and procedures of Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.

Directly supervises all auxiliary support functions to include general administrative support, and police records.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) 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 in this document.

Specialized Experience: External Applicants: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) Performing law enforcement activities such as patrol, criminal investigations and apprehensions/arrests; 2.) Providing training/guidance on law enforcement regulations and procedures; and 3.) Completing managerial functions such as performance evaluation, delegating tasks, conducting interviews and preparing reports.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10).

Current Federal Employees: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) Assisting with law enforcement operations in areas such as prevention, detection, and/or reporting of crimes; 2.) Responding to/investigating emergency calls; 3.) Managing aspects of personnel administration such as evaluating performance, preparing schedules and assigning work and 4.) Ensuring compliance with police operations and administration policies/procedures.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

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.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Criminal Investigation Decision Making Managing Human Resources Public Safety and Security Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Major Duties:

• Develop plans for police response to emergencies such as traffic/crowd control or security of facilities.
• Provide policy and program oversight to police investigations.
• Submit recruitments, promotions or disciplinary actions to Chief of Police.
• Oversee daily execution of police activity to include patrol operations and traffic law enforcement.
• Prepare written performance standards/appraisals for employees.
• Advise staff of regulation changes/updates that affect operations.
• Coordinate law enforcement support with other local, state or federal agencies.
• Coordinate requests for police support at special events such as ceremonies or festivals.