Supervisory Police Officer

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Comp Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This position is located at the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) Police/Provost Marshal Office, Fort Myer, VA. It is within easy driving distance of Washington, D.C.

national historical sites and parks. You can find shopping, schools, and churches in the area. 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: One year of specialized experience which includes law enforcement operations, practices and techniques to prevent, detect and investigate violations of law, rules and regulations; analyze emergency situations, and coordinate law enforcement activities, and interpret regulations to determine the enforcement of appropriate laws.

The 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:

• You will serve as a Supervisory Police Officer (Assistant Watch Commander) with overall command and control responsibility for all law enforcement patrol desk, communications and administrative operation during assigned shift.
• Assign work to be performed by employees in the unit and reviews work on a regular basis.
• Maintain communications with mobile patrol units and posts and pass directions and information to subordinate law enforcement officers on patrol assignments.
• Coordinate emergency responses between law enforcement, security, fire, and other emergency units.
• Ensure proper response to various calls for law enforcement services at all levels (felony and misdemeanor) to include crimes in progress, citizen complaints, and emergency situations to include natural and manmade disasters.
• Supervise investigations not referred to detectives in areas such as, but not limited to, thefts, assaults, illegal drug possession and domestic disputes.