Supervisory Police Officer

Pacific Air Forces • Andersen Air Base, GU

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About The Position

Serves as a first-level supervisor and/or flight or section chief for a Security Forces Squadron, planning, directing, organizing, and controlling the work of nonsupervisory employees and military members. Enforces 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/Section activities and personnel, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and responsiveness to customer needs. It includes supervisory personnel-management duties and advising employees on management policies, procedures, and directives. The incumbent performs the full range of police duties, including installation perimeter access control, defense of Protection Level Resources, patrol of restricted or controlled areas, response to security incidents, emergency response, incident command and control, and first response to critical incidents.

This is a mission-essential, mission-critical position that must continue during emergencies. The incumbent works an uncommon schedule that may include nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, rotating shifts, and recall; wears a uniform and protective equipment; and is exposed to the day-to-day dangers of law enforcement and security work. The role requires firearms access and qualification, medical and fitness testing, law-enforcement training and certifications, and operation of Security Forces vehicles and specialized systems and equipment. Occasional travel away from the normal duty station may be required.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must meet the specialized-experience requirements for GS Police Series 0083, including one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-08 involving law-enforcement knowledge and responsibility for maintaining order and protecting life and property.
• Merit-promotion applicants must meet the applicable time-in-grade requirement; one year at GS-08 is required for GS-09 consideration when TIG applies.
• Knowledge of applicable Air Force, federal, and DoD law-enforcement and security rules, regulations, instructions, practices, principles, and procedures, including force protection, integrated base defense, antiterrorism, and physical security.
• Knowledge of safety, security, and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of police procedures and operating methods sufficient to independently perform the full range of police activities, including protection of protected-level resources, installation entry control, armed response, and dispatch.
• Ability to operate the Incident Management System and Security Forces Management Information System (SFMIS).
• Ability to plan, organize, and direct an organization's functions and staff.
• Must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance.
• Must pass initial and periodic medical examinations and required initial and annual physical fitness and physical agility tests, including running; must meet hearing standards and distinguish colors, contrast, and depth.
• Must qualify in the use of required weapons and sign DD Form 2760, Qualification to Possess Firearms or Ammunition; individuals barred from possessing firearms due to a domestic-violence conviction cannot occupy the position.
• Must wear a uniform and comply with applicable dress and appearance standards.
• Must work an uncommon tour of duty, including nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, rotating shifts, and recall.
• Must wear approved protective clothing and equipment, which may include body armor or ballistic plates, helmets, PPE, coats, boots, traffic vests, and chemical protective equipment such as a respirator mask.
• Must undergo an initial job compatibility assessment.
• Must operate Security Forces vehicles and installed equipment and hold an appropriate, valid driver's license.
• Must pass duty-position evaluation on a pass/fail basis in accordance with AFI 36-2646.
• Must pass formal law-enforcement training school as determined by HAF/A4S and obtain DoD Peace Officer Standardization and Training Certification.
• Must obtain first-responder training/certifications in CPR, self-aid buddy care, and first aid, and maintain them annually.
• Must be able to employ small-unit infantry/SWAT tactics involving fire and maneuver and rapid movement between defensive positions while wearing protective gear for extended periods, including active-shooter response tactics as part of a small team.
• Must obtain and maintain a government travel card.
• Must successfully complete the Air Force Civilian Police Supervisor's Course or an approved equivalent.
• Must obtain or maintain required qualifications or certifications for assigned 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 nonlethal weapons.
• Must report significant medical threshold shifts in health status or medication requirements to the supervisor.
• Must comply with applicable Ready Reserve screening restrictions for this position.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of a Security Forces Flight or Section.
• Ensure personnel comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.
• Exercise supervisory personnel-management responsibilities.
• Advise and counsel employees regarding management policies, procedures, and directives.
• Select or recommend candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignment, considering skills, qualifications, mission requirements, EEO, and diversity objectives.
• Enforce laws, maintain law and order, preserve the peace, and protect life and civil rights within the assigned federal jurisdiction.
• Perform the full spectrum of Police Officer duties within the assigned federal jurisdiction.
• Perform installation perimeter access-control duties and defend Protection Level Resources.
• Patrol restricted and controlled areas; respond to security incidents and perform immediate visual assessments.
• Perform emergency response and incident command and control; serve as a first responder to critical incidents.
• Operate Security Forces vehicles and installed equipment.
• Maintain required first-responder training and certifications and recurring specialized tactics training.
• Complete required qualifications and certifications for assigned weapons, systems, devices, and duties.

Benefits

• Student loan repayment may be authorized.
• Recruitment incentive may be authorized.
• Relocation incentive may be authorized.
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request.
• Eligible for cost-of-living allowance (COLA), subject to change without notice.
• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• Disabled veteran leave may be available to eligible federal employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed