The Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center is currently recruiting four (4) Police Officers, in the Police Service located in Long Beach, CA. Police Officers carry out responsibilities where most work is performed on Veterans Affairs Departmental properties, which includes any properties owned, leased, or licensed to VA. This is an open continuous announcement until July 16, 2024. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Conduct investigations, apprehensions and detentions of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States. Protect individuals during any given situation against threats to personal safety when enforcing laws and regulations. Respond immediately to and engages potentially armed individuals during active threat response situations. Respond to highly dangerous and active crimes in progress, making independent decisions and taking immediate steps to preserve life and property. Mitigate opportunities for assault, illegal entry, and theft involving highly protected information, property and/or processes at facilities containing special protective methods. React to neutralize threats, secure resources and mitigate further risk to personnel or property. Provide patrol in vehicles, by foot and/or on a bicycle. Respond to calls for police assistance, irregularities, and unusual or suspicious circumstances. Conduct asset protection during transport. Write comprehensive incident reports. Provide policing services in various environments where each type of jurisdiction (Exclusive, Concurrent and Proprietorial) has different enforcement rules. Seek, detects, seizes, and protects evidence and witnesses at the scene of an incident. Detect and intervenes in criminal activity. Enforce traffic rules and regulations, including those related to speeding and reckless operation of vehicles while impaired or intoxicated. Investigate incidents and takes steps to mitigate further risk and resolve situations. Conduct investigative contacts/stops, exercising search and arrest authority, detaining witnesses, and apprehending suspects. Advise individuals of their rights (such as Miranda, Weingarten, Garrity, etc.), and protecting the constitutional and civil rights of persons. Intervene, when necessary, to deescalate situations and determine when and how much force must be applied. Conduct prisoner transports to holding facilities and courts as required. Perform and provides training on drug and contraband intervention where contraband identification and knowledge is imperative. Execute disaster response and recovery procedures. Provide Basic Life Support (BLS) to injured personnel and coordinates additional emergency response when needed. Coordinate and directs search, rescue, and recovery for persons at high risk (e.g., missing or wandering patients, minors, etc.), including coordinating with local surrounding police departments to expand the search parameters. Intervene, when needed, to deescalate active suicidal behavior and/or prevents suicides. Prepare case files and testifying in court as it pertains to enforcing laws and regulations. Work Schedule: Will be required to work days/nights, weekends, and holidays. Will be required to work shift work to include 8-hour, 10-hour, and 12-hour shifts depending on the staffing needs and will rotate in a fair and equitable manner.

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
• Required to attend an 8 -10-week course at the VA Law Enforcement Training Center in Little Rock, Arkansas (if not already completed). Satisfactory completion of this course is a condition of continued employment.
• A character investigation will be conducted on applicants selected for employment. The purpose of such an investigation is to secure evidence of the candidate's honesty, integrity, general character, and loyalty to the U.S. Government.
• Must qualify to be issued a firearm semi-annually and annually with an expandable Straight Baton (MEB). Applicants must be able to possess firearms under the terms of the Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9).
• Must maintain a valid State or Commonwealth Driver's License and pass annual physical and psychosocial assessments.
• Must pass medical requirements: good near and distant vision, ability to distinguish basic colors, and ability to hear the conversational voice. Position requires moderate to arduous physical exertion and/or duties of a hazardous nature.
• Must have the capacity to perform the essential functions of the position without risk to themselves or others. Applicants/employees must possess emotional and mental stability. A psychological examination is required.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-07 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: Experience that provided knowledge of a body of basic laws and regulations, law enforcement operations, practices, and techniques and involved responsibility for maintaining order and protecting life and property. Creditable specialized experience may have been gained in work on a police force; through service as a military police officer; in work providing visitor protection and law enforcement in parks, forests, or other natural resource or recreational environments; in performing criminal investigative duties; or in other work that provided the required knowledge and skills. 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. 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/. Preferred Experience: Current Certified Police Officers of the VHA administration.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-07 level.

Contacts

• Address Long Beach VA Medical Center 5901 East Seventh Street Long Beach, CA 90822 US
• Name: Heather Sisson
• Phone: 928-445-4860 X6872
• Email: [email protected]