Job opening: Lead Police Officer
Salary: $54 292 - 70 578 per year
Published at: Sep 04 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: This position is located with the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) - Police/Provost Marshal Division, Fort Campbell, KY. Fort Campbell lies on the Kentucky/Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, KY & Clarksville, TN about 45 miles NW of Nashville.
Duties
Serve as a Lead Police Officer assigned under the authority of the Senior Commander at IMCOM supported installations.
Perform protection duties to deter, detect, and deny unauthorized access at fixed installation, internal compound, and incident perimeter posts.
Conduct traffic law enforcement patrol using specialized equipment such as radar, Lidar and breathalyzer.
Operate the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) terminal in accordance with federal and state laws to transcribe data.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- This position requires a Pre-employment physical. The incumbent will be required to pass an entry level and annual re-certification of the standard Army physical fitness/agility test.
- The incumbent must comply with and maintain the requirements of the Individual Reliability Program (IRP).
- This is a drug testing designated position.
- This position is covered by the 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968.
- This position is designated as a Mission Essential position.
- The incumbent must possess a valid state driver's license and be able to obtain and maintain a government motor vehicle operator's license.
- The incumbent must work irregular and/or rotating shifts, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays. Incumbent is required to work overtime as directed and is subject to recall for emergency overtime.
- This position requires the employee to use personal protective equipment provided by the employer.
- This position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
- The incumbent must wear a uniform and comply with the Army Civilian Police Dress and maintain a high state of appearance and hygiene in accordance with AR 190-56.
- The incumbent must be proficient in the use of assigned firearms/weapons, pass an initial qualification, and must qualify semi-annually thereafter in the use of assigned firearms/weapons.
- The incumbent is subject to possible civil action due to improper exercises of authority or injudicious use of force in the apprehension or detention of individuals.
- The incumbent must have successfully graduated from the United States Army Civilian Police Academy, unless incumbent has a current approved waiver/exemption or grandfathered from the Office of the Provost Marshal General.
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.
Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments
Please, note the following: For current permanent Army employees: Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed 3 years by a current permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however, return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition.
***NOTE: If you are NOT a current Army employee and want to be considered for this position, you must apply to Announcement Number MCFU243820854308
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.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.
Specialized Experience is defined as: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service which includes experience: 1) Exercising search and apprehension authority, detaining witnesses, apprehending suspects, interviewing witnesses and other persons involved, determining whether facts warrant apprehension or lesser action; 2) Performing access control duties by applying local instructions, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Pre-Planned Responses (PPR), Random Anti-terrorism Measure (RAM), and Force Protection (FP) Conditions to control vehicle and pedestrian traffic; And 3) Utilizing word processing and web-based law enforcement computer programs to establish, update, query or print detailed reports, forms, and citations concerning all incidents and action taken.
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job at the GS-08 grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone-no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Administration and ManagementLaw Enforcement Information Management and AdministrationTraffic Control
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).
Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade, time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.
NOTE: To support the Advancement requirement you MUST submit a copy of your latest non-award SF-50 that reflects your highest grade held on a permanent basis along with your application/resume package.
You must meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements. Failure to do so may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
Contacts
- Address FU-W0U4AA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT CAMPBELL
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Campbell, KY 42223
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- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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