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Supervisory Police Officer

United States Army Installation Management Command

Department of the Army

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$76,190 - $99,053

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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 lead police officer at a U.S.

Army base in Pennsylvania, where you'll oversee a team of officers, plan operations, manage budgets, and handle investigations to keep the installation safe.

It involves both supervising daily law enforcement tasks and performing hands-on police work like arrests and patrols.

A good fit would be someone with police experience who enjoys leading teams, solving problems, and ensuring community safety in a military setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in planning, directing, and reviewing police officer activities at the GS-08 level or equivalent
  • Experience assigning work, observing, and evaluating subordinate police officers' performance
  • Participation in investigations using laws, regulations, and law enforcement techniques to maintain order and protect property
  • U.S. citizenship
  • Ability to perform police duties including operating vehicles, arrests, searches, and detaining suspects
  • Skills in budget planning, training coordination, and interviewing candidates for positions

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 will serve as a Supervisory Police Officer at Carlisle Barracks assigned under the authority of the Senior Commander at IMCOM supported installations.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and or education 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 Planning, directing, and reviewing the activities of police officers; assigning work to subordinate police officers; observing and evaluating the work performance of police officers; Participating in investigations; utilizing basic laws and regulations, law enforcement operations, practices, and/or techniques involved for maintaining order and protecting life and property.

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

  • Conduct crime awareness and prevention programs to advise the community.
  • Independently formulate long-range operational plans for mission accomplishment.
  • Responsible for the coordination of all law enforcement budget planning.
  • Recommend methods and procedures affecting overall Law enforcement operations.
  • Articulate to subordinates the link between performance expectations and the organization mission and goals.
  • Conduct interviews with candidates for vacant positions.
  • Ensure that the work assignments of subordinate employees are carried out.
  • Identify training needs of employees for developmental growth.
  • Coordinate with Human Resources on filling vacancies.
  • Perform police officer duties to include operating a motor vehicle, arrest, searches, detain suspects.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/13/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/14/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MCFS-26-12884502-DHA