Senior Police Officer
Company: Department of Veterans Affairs
Location: santa rosa
Posted on: May 3, 2021
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Job Description:
Videos * Duties Help Duties Summary The Senior Police Officer position is located within the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration
(VHA), Police Service (PS). The mission of the Senior Police
Officer is to serve and protect Veterans, patients, employees,
contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and others who
frequent VA facilities. Safety and security are paramount to
ensuring that the VA successfully serve and honor the men and women
who are America's Veterans. Learn more about this agency Responsibilities Major duties of this position will include, but are not limited
to: * Serves as a Police Officer carrying out responsibilities where
most work is performed on Veterans Affairs Departmental properties,
which includes any properties owned, leased, or licensed to VA.
Provides policing services in a variety of jurisdictional
environments, where each type of jurisdiction (Exclusive,
Concurrent, and Proprietorial) has different enforcement rules and
requires Police Officers to understand the complexities and legally
apply the correct set of laws, regulations, and processes. *
Provides routine law enforcement services at all segments of VA
facilities located over large geographical areas, some of which may
be in different states, counties, municipalities, or townships. *
Performs certain elements of the work away from Departmental
properties when consistent with Federal law, regulation, VA policy,
and operational guidance. * Protects Veterans, volunteers, and
others on Departmental property, U.S. officials, other individuals,
and him or herself during any given situation against threats to
personal safety when force becomes necessary to enforce laws and
regulations. * Protects Veterans, employees and visitors sensitive
and protected medical information from unauthorized release or
unauthorized use where prohibited by law and or policy as guided by
the privacy officer, FOIA, HIPPA, etc. * Carries a firearm and
other weapons, intervenes when necessary to de-escalate situations,
and determines when and how much force must be applied. * Advises
individuals of their (Miranda, Weingarten, Garrity, etc.) rights,
and protects the constitutional and civil rights of persons. Work Schedule: Panama Schedule Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Senior Police Officer/PD99926-S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Travel Required Not required Supervisory status No Promotion Potential None * Job family (Series) 0083 Police Similar jobs * Officers, Police * Police Officers * Requirements Help Requirements Conditions of Employment * You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job * Designated
and/or random drug testing may be required * Selective Service
Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 * You may
be required to serve a probationary period * Subject to
background/security investigation * Selected applicants will be
required to complete an online onboarding process Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all
requirements by the closing date of this announcement,
09/30/2021. 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-07 position you must have served 52
weeks at the GS-06. 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. Selective Placement Factor: In order to qualify for this
position, you must possess a valid Class C Driver's license. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as
described below: * Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized
experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the
normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are
not limited to: * 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. * leading police officers engaged
in maintaining law and order and protecting life, and property,
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; 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. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this
position: * Arrest * Criminal Investigation * First Response *
Interpersonal Skills * Public Safety and Security * Security 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.
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 to
maintain his or her semi-annual qualification with his/her assigned
firearm and annual qualification with his/her assigned departmental
issued intermediate weapons. 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/. LAUTENBERG AMENDEMENT: This position authorizes the incumbent to
carry a firearm. Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor
crime of domestic violence cannot lawfully possess a firearm or
ammunition (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 922(g)(91)). Candidates who
have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence are
not qualified for this position. Candidates under consideration
will be required to certify whether they have ever been convicted
of such an offense. False or fraudulent information provided by
candidates is criminally punishable by fine or imprisonment (Title
18, U.S.C., Section 1001). IMPORTANT NOTES: (1) As a condition of employment, must qualify
to be issued a firearm and semi-annually with assigned firearm,
annually with an expandable Straight Baton (MEB), maintain a valid
State or Commonwealth Driver's License and pass annual physical and
Psychological assessment. 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). Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
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