- Position Title
- Police Officer
- Agency
- U.S. Capitol Police
- Announcement Number
- USCP-20-10700328-LM Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Saturday, February 1, 2020 to Saturday, February 29, 2020
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
Assessment 1
1.
We would like to find out where you first heard about this position. Please read all of the options below before answering, then select the best option which prompted you to apply.
2.
Please specify your response from question 1 by indicating the name of referral or source.
3.
Please indicate your highest level of education attained to date. You will be required to provide official transcripts to support your answer at a later date.
4.
Please indicate what college or university you attended.
5.
Please indicate if you have served in the United States Military.
6.
If you have served in the United States Military, have you received at least a general (under honorable conditions) discharge? You will be required to provide proof of honorable service early in the selection process.
7.
Please indicate your level of law enforcement experience.
8.
Have you previously applied for employment with the United States Capitol Police?
9.
There are very few automatic grounds for disqualification in our background process. Deliberate misstatements, omissions, or intentionally withholding information will result in your disqualification, regardless of the nature or reason for the misstatement or omission. Are you willing to truthfully and fully answer all questions posed in this application and application process?
10.
Are you at least 20 years and 6 months of age?
11.
Have you in the last 10 years ever illegally experimented with, tried or used any anabolic steroids?
12.
In the last ten years, have you ever illegally experimented with, tried or used any Schedule I drug? Schedule I drugs are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Some examples of Schedule I drugs are: heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, peyote. This question excludes marijuana.
Please select A (Yes) or B (No) in response to the following questions.
13.
Are you a United States Citizen?
14.
Are you less than 37 years of age? (Select Yes (A), if you are older than age 37 and you are currently serving in or you previously served in a Federal civilian law enforcement position that is subject to the mandatory retirement (by age 57) rules AND the years of law enforcement you already served PLUS the prospective/expected years of USCP law enforcement service will allow you to accumulate at least 20 years of combined total Federal law enforcement service by age 57.)
15.
Have you registered for the Selective Service?
16.
Are you willing to relocate to the Washington, DC, metropolitan area at your own expense?
17.
Do you have a valid U.S. driver's license that is not revoked or under suspension?
18.
Do you have any pending or imminent criminal charges?
19.
Are you currently undergoing any court ordered restrictions, such as probation before judgment, protective orders, supervisions, or court ordered treatments or warrants? (excluding traffic violations)
20.
Have you ever committed a felony?
21.
Have you ever been charged with a crime regardless of outcome (examples: guilty, not guilty, expunged, probation before judgment, nolle prosequi, dismissed, etc.)?
22.
Have you been convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI)?
23.
Are you currently in default or delinquent on any federal guaranteed student loans, court ordered judgments, or state/federal income taxes?
24.
USCP Officers must be willing to carry and maintain proficiency in the use of a firearm. Will you comply with this requirement?
25.
The United States Capitol Police has a directive which establishes specific standards for sworn employees of the Department in matters of appearance and dress, as well as proper placement and wearing of equipment. Are you willing to comply with the United States Capitol Police grooming standards?
26.
Applicants will be required to undergo and successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening test. Will you comply with this requirement?
27.
Applicants are required to successfully complete a medical, psychological and polygraph examination to determine eligibility and suitability for this position. Will you comply with this requirement?
28.
In the past 10 years, have you ever used and/or experimented with any other substance, even if legally obtained, for the purpose of obtaining a "high"? Examples of these types of substances are such things as paint, glue, gasoline, or propellants when used as inhalants.
29.
All applicants are required to attend 37 weeks of USCP training. Satisfactory completion of this training is a condition of employment. Would you be willing to attend such training in a location that may be away from your current residence or duty station?
30.
A police officer may be expected to work irregular duty hours, long shifts, weekends, nights and/or holidays. Are you willing to comply with these duty hours?
31.
Police officers encounter extremely difficult and stressful situations such as deaths, vehicle accidents, and other tragedies. Would you be able to work in these conditions?
32.
In the past 10 years, have you been involved in the sale, manufacturing, distribution, trafficking, production, transfer, shipping, or receiving of any controlled dangerous substance for individual profit or profit of another individual?
33.
Have you possessed a valid U.S. Driver's License for at least three (3) years?
34.
Have you ever used, tried, or experimented (even once) with marijuana or hashish?
35.
Have you ever used, tried, or experimented (even once) with marijuana or hashish?
36.
Please select (A) or (B) to answer the following: I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information submitted by me in this application, supporting materials and/or information provided in any interview associated with the examination process are true and accurate; that misrepresenting my experience, education, or providing false or fraudulent information may be grounds for not hiring me, disciplinary action, or termination; and that false or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).