Job opening: Police Officer (Traffic Investigator)
Salary: $51 713 - 67 231 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Sep 27 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for shortage category/critical need to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: Ft. Moore is located in the "Tri-Community" comprised of Columbus and Ft. Moore, GA; and Phoenix City, AL. Columbus (third-largest city in Georgia) is a growing community.
Duties
Gather facts or evidence for use in assigned cases.
Take charge of accident scenes and conduct investigation.
Apply knowledge of state and federal administrative laws, including procedures, regulations, guidelines, and precedents related to case preparation and settlements.
Apply knowledge of the local, state, and Federal laws, principles, and procedures used in apprehending a criminal suspect, including policies for pursuit and proper use of force and detention.
Detect violations of laws, rules or regulations to support public safety and security.
Apply laws from multiple levels to correctly assess violations.
Apply knowledge of policies and procedures for operating emergency motor vehicles, including police cars, motorcycles, bicycles, all-terrain vehicles, and boats.
Conduct traffic surveys and analyze results to provide written recommendation for the installation to the Command.
Perform routine inventory of firearm weapons issued to ensure accountability.
Requirements
- Secret Security clearance.
- Drug testing designated position.
- Mission essential.
- Valid state drivers license.
- Business travel 10%.
- Weapons certification.
- Rotating shifts including weekends and holidays.
- Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968.
- Subject to possible civil action due to improper exercises of authority.
- Meet all requirements for the Individual Reliability Program (IRP) IAW AR 190-56.
- Graduate from DOD, Federal, National or State approved Traffic Management and Collision Investigation.
- Graduate from United States Army Civilian Police Academy.
- Pass the annual Physical Agility Test (PAT).
- Pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination.
- Obtain and maintain certifications for Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) /first aid techniques.
- This is a Term position.
Qualifications
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.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
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 police law enforcement procedures and traffic investigation, police interrogation of suspects, apprehending suspects committing acts of violence and protecting evidence collected from crime scenes. Must have experience that provide knowledge of a body of basic laws and regulations with police law enforcement operations, practices, and techniques and involved responsibility for maintaining order and protecting life and property.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
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.
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-07).
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address EA-APF-W6CRAA US ARMY GARRISON FT MOORE
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Moore, GA 31905
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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