Police Officer (Military Working Dog)

Air Mobility Command•Charleston AFB, SC

About The Position

The primary purpose of this position is to provide enhanced police officer capability through the use of a Military Working Dog (MWD) to secure protection-level resources, detect explosives, suppress illegal drug use, and protect the installation, personnel, and resources. The incumbent performs the full range of police officer duties within the military installation and the full range of installation perimeter access-control duties. The position requires maintaining MWD team readiness and proficiency, including possible no-notice or short-notice taskings on or off the installation in support of civil law enforcement, DoD, and other federal agencies. The incumbent may support missions outside the continental United States (CONUS). This is a Mission Essential position performing a Mission Critical Function that must continue uninterrupted during emergencies and through resumption of normal functions. The incumbent must complete required law enforcement and MWD training, maintain required certifications and clearances, and meet recurring medical, physical fitness, agility, hearing, and MWD-team evaluations. Duties involve law-enforcement and security risks, MWD training hazards, protective equipment, firearms, and small-unit tactics. The position requires an uncommon tour of duty, including nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, rotating shifts, and no-notice recalls.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Males must be registered for Selective Service.
Must obtain and maintain the required Secret security clearance.
Must be qualified to use required weapons and firearms.
Must pass an initial pre-employment medical examination and periodic medical examinations, physical fitness and agility tests, and established hearing standards; must be able to discern colors, contrast, and depth.
Must have a spleen to optimize infection-fighting capability in response to potential dog-bite injuries.
Must wear the DAF Police Officer uniform and meet applicable dress and appearance standards.
Must work an uncommon tour that includes nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, and rotating shifts, and be subject to no-notice recalls.
Must wear protective clothing and equipment, which may include coats, boots, vests, helmets, respirator masks, and other directed-use PPE.
Must be able to operate Security Forces vehicles and installed equipment and possess an appropriate, valid driver's license.
Must pass annual duty-position evaluations and recurring MWD-team evaluations on a pass/fail standard.
Must pass a formal law-enforcement training school as determined by the functional authority.
Must graduate from an approved DoD MWD formal training course or a preapproved federal-agency-level working-dog course.
Must maintain MWD-team readiness for short-notice or no-notice taskings, including support outside CONUS when required.
Must obtain recurring first-responder training and certifications in CPR, self-aid buddy care, first aid, and MWD first aid.
Must be able to employ infantry/SWAT small-unit tactics, including fire and maneuver and rapid movement between defensive positions while wearing protective gear for extended periods.
May be required to obtain and maintain a special-issuance agency passport for MWD missions outside CONUS.
Must meet the specialized-experience requirement: one year equivalent to GS-06 in federal service involving police duties and knowledge of MWD training, utilization, performance, and recordkeeping.
Merit-promotion applicants must meet applicable federal time-in-grade requirements, including one year at GS-06 for GS-07 consideration when applicable.
Must meet the listed knowledge, skills, and abilities related to MWD handling, police work, quick-reaction-force and base-defense operations, access control, detainee rights and use of force, threat response, incident management, and Security Forces information systems.
Must complete a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, depending on appointment type.

Nice To Haves

A certificate from a federally recognized Law Enforcement Academy is preferred.

Responsibilities

Use a Military Working Dog to secure protection-level resources, detect explosives, suppress illegal drug use, and protect the installation, personnel, and resources.
Perform the full range of police officer duties within the military installation.
Perform installation perimeter access-control duties.
Maintain MWD team readiness, proficiency, and preparedness for on- or off-installation taskings supporting civil law enforcement, DoD, and other federal agencies.
Maintain detailed records of MWD team training and utilization, including checks, searches, responses, and drugs or explosives found.
Operate Security Forces vehicles and installed equipment.
Use firearms and perform law-enforcement duties, including arrest-related functions, as required.
Participate in quick-reaction and integrated base-defense activities, including small-unit tactics and active-shooter response.
Complete recurring first-responder training and certifications, including CPR, self-aid buddy care, first aid, and MWD first aid.
Support mission-essential functions during emergencies and respond to catastrophic events, attacks, and other installation threats.