Supervisory Police Officer

Air Education and Training Command•Maxwell AFB, AL

About The Position

The Supervisory Police Officer serves as a first-level supervisor and/or flight or section chief in a Security Forces Squadron. The position plans, directs, organizes, and exercises control over nonsupervisory employees and military members. It enforces the law, maintains law and order, preserves the peace, and protects life and civil rights within the assigned federal jurisdiction. The position oversees Security Forces Flight or Section activities and personnel, carries out the full range of police officer and installation perimeter access-control duties, and defends Protection Level Resources. It also performs emergency response and incident command and control. The role is mission-essential and designated as a key position supporting wartime and contingency operations. Duties may involve uncommon and rotating shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, recall, occasional travel, and exposure to law-enforcement and security hazards.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Must be registered for Selective Service if male, as applicable.
Must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Must be qualified to use firearms and have access to firearms; must sign DD Form 2760 and meet applicable restrictions concerning convictions for domestic violence.
Must wear a uniform and meet applicable dress and appearance standards.
Must pass an initial pre-employment medical examination, periodic medical examinations, and initial and annual physical fitness/physical agility tests, including running; must meet hearing standards and be able to discern colors, contrast, and depth.
Must report significant medical threshold shifts in health status or medication requirements to the supervisor.
Must work an uncommon tour of duty, including nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, rotating shifts, and recall.
Must wear approved protective clothing and equipment, such as body armor, ballistic plates, helmets, personal protective equipment, coats, boots, traffic vests, and chemical protective equipment such as respirator masks.
Must complete an initial job compatibility assessment and pass a duty-position evaluation on a pass/fail standard.
Must operate Security Forces vehicles and installed equipment and hold an appropriate, valid driver's license.
Must pass formal law-enforcement training school as determined by HAF/A4S and obtain DoD Peace Officer Standardization and Training Certification.
Must obtain and maintain first-responder training or certifications in CPR, self-aid buddy care, and first aid, and maintain them annually.
Must maintain recurring training in specialized tactics, techniques, and procedures for responding to catastrophic events, terrorist attacks, and related threats.
Must be able to employ small-unit infantry/SWAT tactics, including fire and maneuver and rapid movement between defensive positions while wearing protective gear for extended periods; active-shooter response as a small-team member is required.
Must obtain and maintain a government travel card.
Must successfully complete the Air Force Civilian Police Supervisor's Course or an approved equivalent.
Must earn or maintain qualifications or certifications for applicable systems and equipment, including Flight Armorer, Active Vehicle Barrier, NCIC, Web EOC, GEO Base, Emergency Management Systems, DBIDS, SFST, SFMIS, EDD, DDEX, authoritative databases, SUAS, electronic booking stations, speed-measurement devices, and non-lethal weapons.
Must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 grade level in the Federal service, involving knowledge of laws and regulations, law-enforcement operations and techniques, and responsibility for maintaining order and protecting life and property.
Merit-promotion applicants must meet the applicable federal time-in-grade requirement; one year at the GS-08 level is required for the GS-09 level when applicable.
Must be able to apply law-enforcement and security rules, regulations, practices, principles, and procedures, including force protection, integrated base defense, anti-terrorism, and physical security.
Must know applicable safety, security, and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures.
Must know police procedures and operating methods to independently perform police activities, including protection of resources, installation entry control, armed response, and dispatch.
Must be able to operate the Incident Management System and Security Forces Management Information System (SFMIS).
Must be able to plan, organize, and direct an organization's functions and staff.
Must meet the one-year probationary period or two-year trial period applicable to the appointment; continued employment after that period requires written certification that it advances the public interest.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and direct Security Forces Flight or Section activities, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and meeting customer needs.
Exercise supervisory personnel-management responsibilities, including planning and scheduling subordinate work, setting priorities, assigning work, establishing performance standards, evaluating performance, advising and instructing employees, improving procedures, and supporting employee training and development.
Perform and enforce the full spectrum of police officer duties within the assigned federal jurisdiction.
Perform installation perimeter access-control duties.
Defend Protection Level Resources.
Perform emergency response and incident command and control.
Operate Security Forces vehicles and installed equipment as required.
Maintain required law-enforcement, security, emergency-response, and specialized equipment qualifications and certifications.