Serves and protects Veterans, patients, employees, contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and others who frequent VA facility. Performs a full range of police duties such as physical and personal security operations, patrol duties, control desk duty, coordination with local courts, and/or crime prevention activities for the local jurisdictions. Uses various special weapons and tactics at least 25% of the time for resolution of security and law enforcement-related issues.

Duties

As a VA Police Officer the primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Protection of personnel, government and private property, and civil rights of individuals. Conduct preliminary investigations of incidents ranging from violation of policy to a major felony, and the preservation of a peaceful environment of the facility. Investigate complaints, obtain and properly process evidence, seek witnesses, interview complainants, victims, witnesses, suspects, etc. Obtain witness statements and prepare cases for prosecution by Federal, State or City prosecutors. Use basic police skills in patrol of hospital buildings and grounds. Observe all activity occurring at the hospital and is constantly alert to acts of a suspicious nature. Respond immediately to reports of a crime or crime in-progress. Conduct crime scene assessments. Intervene to abort criminal acts or to investigate and initiate appropriate actions. Make arrests, detain suspects who may be resisting arrest, subdue individuals when necessary, and process arrested persons through incarceration procedures. Respond to fire alarms in the medical center taking appropriate action to save lives, and property until help arrives, and report safety violations to appropriate officials. Respond to disturbances in progress; subdue individuals who may present a threat to themselves or others, using only the amount of physical force necessary and weapon employment as prescribed. Testify in courts of law as arresting officer or witness. Provide safety escort for people during tours of darkness when needed. Maintain a high state of physical condition, care for and wear uniform" in accordance with established procedures. All other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Rotating shifts; includes nights, holidays, weekends, and occasional mandatory over time; schedule is subject to change to meet the needs of the service to include required court appearances. Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description Title/PD#: Police Officer/PD08667-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Must possess and maintain a current valid state driver's license

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. This experience should demonstrate that it has provided knowledge of a body of basic laws and regulations, law enforcement operations, practices, and techniques and involved responsibility for maintaining order and protection of life and property. Creditable specialized experience may have been gained in any of the following: work on a police force; through service as a military police officer; in work providing visitor protection and law enforcement in parks, forest, or other natural resources or recreational environments; in performing criminal investigative duties; or in other work that provided the required knowledge and skills. Specialized experience must have included active arrest authority and firearm proficiency with a license to carry; experience as a security guard or corrections officer is generally not qualifying. Examples of specialized experience include performing duties, such as: Responding to calls or alarms involving crimes Questioning individuals at the scene Establishing the identity of injured parties Identifying the nature of incidents, and taking statements Informing individuals about their rights as suspects and/or witnesses Operating radar or other speed detection equipment and pursuing speeding vehicles when enforcing traffic regulations or laws Issuing citations Enforcing speed limits Assisting at accident scenes Preparing reports that describe events that may be used in future legal actions Responding to duress alarms and subduing unruly individuals Patrolling Pursuing and apprehending person Subduing individuals causing disturbances Identifying and arresting violators Making arrest and performing booking procedures, conducting investigations Questioning and taking statements from victims, witnesses, and complainants; interrogating suspects Applying all correct rules of search and seizure Analyzing facts to identify suspects and develop case information. Selective Placement Factor: You must have one year of full-time certified law enforcement experience with full arrest authority and graduation from an accredited military or civilian police academy. SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: ArrestCriminal InvestigationFirst ResponseInterpersonal SkillsPublic Safety and SecuritySecurity 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion, long hours of standing, walking, driving and similar activities. The incumbent must respond to alarms, pursue suspects, participate in training activities, climb stairs and walk during assigned foot patrols in and around large building, campus, and other physical settings. Agility, dexterity and strength are needed to pursue, apprehend and detain uncooperative suspects. On a regular and recurring basis the work requires strenuous exertion physically restraining disorderly individuals to prevent harm to others or the individual. Incumbents must be physically able to lift or carry injured or hurt persons, evacuate persons to safety during storms, disasters, fires or other emergencies. The incumbent is expected to maintain a high standard of physical fitness and hand and eye coordination in order to maintain his or her semi-annual qualification with his or her assigned firearm and annual qualification with his or her assigned departmental issued intermediate weapons. Strenuous physical exertion is also required during many required and recurring training activities such as those related to weapons training, Active Threat Response training and Ground Defense and Recovery training Police Officer Requirements: 1. Applicants must possess a valid, unrestricted State Driver's License. 2. A character investigation to secure evidence of the candidate's honesty, integrity, general character, and loyalty to the U.S. Government. 3. Both a medical and psychological examination are required. 4. Applicants and employees must have the capacity to perform the essential functions of the position without risk to themselves or others. Applicants and employees must possess emotional and mental stability. In most instances, a specific medical condition or impairment will not automatically disqualify an applicant or employee. A medical condition or impairment is disqualifying only if the condition for good medical reason, precludes assignment to or warrants restriction from the duties of the specific position. For some position, the loss or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid. Reasonable accommodation shall also be considered in determining the applicant's ability to perform the duties of a position. 5. Selectee is required to maintain proficiency and qualify with both a handgun and a long gun. Additionally, selectee is required to maintain proficiency with intermediate weapons and defensive tactic techniques. 6. Must successfully complete and graduate from LETC (Law Enforcement Training Course) police academy. When selected to attend law enforcement schools or training academies, selectee must be capable to successfully complete those individual schools or academic and physical fitness standards or be subject to termination. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Martinsburg VA Medical Center 510 Butler Avenue Martinsburg, WV 25405 US
• Name: Michelle Jackson
• Phone: 410-605-7000
• Email: [email protected]