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Supervisory Police Officer

United States Army Installation Management Command

Department of the Army

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$93,779 - $121,919

per year

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GS-9 Pay Grade

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).

Job Description

Summary

This job is for a supervisory police officer at an Army base in Maryland, where you'll oversee a team of officers, manage daily law enforcement operations, and ensure quick responses to emergencies while developing policies to keep the installation safe.

It's a leadership role focused on coordinating patrols, training staff, and handling crime prevention.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on police experience who enjoys guiding others and staying organized in high-pressure situations.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-08 level or equivalent, including monitoring law enforcement operations for crime prevention, detection, and reporting
  • Experience in arresting or apprehending violators
  • Assisting citizens in emergency situations and developing plans to safeguard the public and mitigate criminal activity
  • U.S. citizenship
  • Ability to maintain communications with patrol units and coordinate desk operations across shifts
  • Skills in preparing decision papers, ensuring subordinate work assignments, and responding to law enforcement calls
  • Ability to identify employee training needs and develop policies and procedures based on agency guidance

Full Job Description

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

About the Position: The U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) handles the day-to-day operations of Army installations.

Credit for prior non-Federal work experience and certain military service for determining annual leave accrual rate may be authorized.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 experience which includes monitoring law enforcement operations in areas such as prevention, detection, and/or reporting of crimes.

Arresting or apprehending violators. Assisting citizens in emergency situations and developing plans for law enforcement operations to safeguard the public/mitigate criminal activity.

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. Major Duties:

  • Maintains communications with mobile patrol units and posts and passes directions and information to subordinates.
  • Coordinates desk operations with shifts and ensures that incomplete actions are fully understood.
  • Prepare decisions papers to support a particular position on law enforcement issues.
  • Ensures that the work assignments of subordinate employees are carried out.
  • Ensures proper response to various calls for law enforcement services at all levels.
  • Identifies developmental and training needs of employees.
  • Develop policies and procedures from agency guidance.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/6/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MCFT-26-12877158-DHA