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Supervisory Police Officer

United States Army Installation Management Command

Department of the Army

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$88,581 - $115,162

per year

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GS-8 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $46,479 - $60,424

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-7. Graduate study or significant experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of police officers on a U.S.

Army base in Monterey, California, where you'll oversee daily operations, handle emergencies, investigate incidents, and enforce laws to keep the installation safe.

It's a supervisory role that combines management tasks like scheduling and evaluating staff with hands-on policing duties such as patrols and arrests.

A good fit would be someone with prior law enforcement experience who enjoys leading others and staying calm under pressure.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at the GS-07 level or equivalent, including enforcing laws to protect life and property
  • Experience interviewing witnesses for crimes, accidents, or security breaches to gather facts and support apprehensions
  • Knowledge of providing guidance on law enforcement and security policies and procedures
  • U.S. citizenship
  • Ability to perform supervisory duties like planning work, assigning tasks, setting performance standards, and conducting evaluations
  • Skills in responding to emergencies, conducting investigations, collecting evidence, and exercising search and apprehension authority
  • Experience in traffic enforcement, patrols, and issuing citations

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for ?Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: The incumbent's duties require maintaining law and order, within the jurisdiction of the military installation.

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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 required: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Enforcing law enforcement regulations concerning protecting life and property for an organization; 2) Interviewing witnesses to crimes, accidents, or security breaches to determine facts and/or warrant apprehension/ detention; AND 3) Providing guidance on law enforcement and security policies and procedures for an organization.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).

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. Major Duties:

  • Perform supervisory and administrative duties relating to the police force.
  • Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust priorities and prepares schedules.
  • Assign work to subordinates and give advice or instructions to the employees.
  • Set employee standards for performance and prepare performance evaluations.
  • Conduct job interviews and make recommendations for promotions, reassignments and new hires.
  • Respond to and investigate emergency calls and complaints.
  • Exercise search and apprehension authority, interview witnesses, collect and preserve evidence and conduct investigations on criminal cases.
  • Conduct traffic law enforcement patrols and issue citations.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/8/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/8/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MCFS-26-12861568-DHA