POLICE OFFICER (TITLE 5)

Summary

These are National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service Positions. These are Indefinite with Right to Convert to Permanent GS-0083-07 POLICE OFFICER (TITLE 5), Position Description Number T0066P01 and are part of the MO 131st Bomb Wing.

Duties

• Patrols the installation on foot or in vehicles; responds to alarms, irregularities, and unusual or suspicious circumstances; and investigates the incidents.
• Enforces traffic rules and regulations, including those related to speed, reckless and drunken driving.
• Appears in court to testify as required in Military Courts Martial or Federal and State Court proceedings.
• Provides sworn testimony based on the investigative process, evidence gathered, witness’ statements in criminal and traffic courts.
• Investigates accidents, summons rescue squads and firefighters, and redirects onlookers from scene.
• Performs flight armorer duties, responsible for overseeing the appropriate arming of fellow police officers and MWD units.
• Determines the proper course of action and plans, coordinates, initiates, and takes actions necessary to resolve the complaint or inquiry.
• Analyzes and resolves conflicting testimony or evidence from witnesses through fact-finding until evidence to support a legal or administrative decision can be made.
• Prepares reports of investigation in accordance with appropriate guidelines; also assembles and forwards reports of investigation for higher headquarters review.
• Prepares summaries of testimony when appropriate, including the preparation of all letters, messages, memoranda, and briefings, with accompanying visual aids.
• Serves as the primary command and control (C2) function for all Integrated Defense forces.
• Executes the Quick Reaction Checklists (QRC) to ensure proper execution of routine, emergency, and alarm responses.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possess qualifying general experience that includes experience in administrative, clerical, technical, or military work that involved protecting property, equipment, data, or materials; or that involved making judgments based on the application of directions, rules, regulations, or laws. GS-07 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector that provided you with 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; conducting routine foot and/or vehicle patrols; responding to routine and emergency calls for police assistance; issuing traffic citations; questioning individuals at the scene of a crime; informing individuals about their rights as suspects; subduing unruly individuals; and preparing written reports involving criminal and/or civil offenses. This specialized experience must also include knowledge of firearms and tactics for employment in emergency situations as well as the safe handling of explosives during training. 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. LAUTENBERG AGREEMENT: These positions authorize the incumbents 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). INVESTIGATION OF FITNESS: A character investigation will be conducted on applicants selected for employment. The purpose of such an investigation is to secure evidence of the candidate's honesty, integrity, general character, and loyalty to the U.S. Government. Such investigations will be conducted under the security requirements of the hiring agency. MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS: The duties of these positions require moderate to arduous physical exertion and/or duties of a hazardous nature. The following medical requirements apply to all applicants: good near and distant vision, ability to distinguish basic colors, and ability to hear the conversational voice. Agencies may establish additional, job-related physical or medical requirements provided that the specific position(s) involves the arduous or hazardous duties to which the physical requirements relate. Applicants and employees must have the capacity to perform the essential functions of the position without risk to themselves or others. Applicants and employees must possess emotional and mental stability. In most instances, a specific medical condition or impairment will not automatically disqualify an applicant or employee. A medical condition or impairment is disqualifying only if the condition, for good medical reason, precludes assignment to or warrants restriction from the duties of the specific position. For some positions, the loss or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid. Reasonable accommodation shall also be considered in determining an applicant's ability to perform the duties of a position. Reasonable accommodation may include but is not limited to the use of assistive devices…

Education

This job does not have a qualification requirement that allows substitution of education for specialized experience