- Position Title
- Supervisory Police Officer
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSR-12710655-25-GHB Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, March 24, 2025 to Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Assessment 1
Are you a current employee? If so, are you aware that you are required to submit the following:
- 1. Your most recent SF50 which is dated in the current calendar year-i.e. general adjustment, time off award or any other action or any other action (Please check your own eOPF for the latest SF50
- 2. An additional SF50 may be required in addition to your most recent SF50 to verify Time in Grade (It is important to note that all Award SF50's and General Adjustment SF50's, may not show Time-in-Grade). Examples of appropriate SF-50's which verify time in grade include Within grade increases at the highest grade held; or Promotion with an effective date more than one year old; or SF-50's at the highest grade held with an effective date more than one year old.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Specialized Experience: Do you have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to a GS-11 in Federal Service that has provided:
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? This experience needs to be at the equivalent of the GS-10 level of federal service and should be supported on your resume.
- Knowledge of the principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation to supervise a law enforcement staff engaged in protecting and safeguarding the public.
- Knowledge of an extensive body of standardized, optional, and innovative investigative procedures, techniques, and methods to detect, investigate, and resolve crimes and other incidents that are beyond the scope or requirements to oversee law enforcement criminal activities, including patrol conducting stakeout operations, and executing investigative techniques, resulting in arrests of suspects and, in some instances, in changes in patrol operating methods.
- Skills to detect inconsistencies in facts and information being reviewed and guide Police Officers as needed during the investigation of complaints.
- Detailed knowledge of federal, state, county, and local laws, legal codes, court procedures, and law enforcement regulations, methods and procedures and law enforcement requirements that apply to facilities depending upon their geographical location and the type of jurisdiction to ensure policing compliance and to prevent and resolve offenses.
- Thorough knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, and government regulations, to apply common safety and security rules, regulations, procedures and practices, including effective restraint techniques, basic first aid, and CPR.
- Effective Leadership skills, techniques, principles and procedures to assign, schedule, supervise, train and evaluate the work of PS law enforcement staff supervised and to carry out Captain responsibilities.
- Written communication skills to prepare a variety of policing related reports, logs and documents for immediate supervisor's review and approval and to listen and understand directions, information and ideas presented verbally and in writing.
- Effective skills of policing procedures to properly conduct search and seizure of evidence/contraband, pursue and apprehend persons fleeing a crime scene or attempting to resist arrest; to identify and arrest violators based on eyewitness accounts; to serve warrants and subpoenas to individuals on the property and to support dignitaries and activities specifically designated by the facility Director.
- Skills of firearms and tactics for deployment in emergency situations to carry out policing emergency services and procedures, such as weapons and chemical agents, negotiations, building layouts, terrorist threats and counterterrorism methods, search and rescue techniques, and crowd and demonstration control.
- Skills overseeing reports generated by staff using various automated systems and equipment, including National Crime Information Center (NCIC) terminal, internal Closed- Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance system, National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) to provide guidance of operations to dispatch personnel and to properly enter and retrieve information on individuals and vehicles.
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? This experience needs to be at the equivalent of the GS-10 level of federal service and should be supported on your resume.
2.
POLICE OFFICER ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS- Please select a response below pertaining to the additional requirements. Please see the vacancy announcement for detailed information.
New VA Police Officers are required to successfully complete the in-residence (320 hour) 10-week Basic Police Officer Course in Little Rock, Arkansas. Satisfactory completion of this course is a condition of continued employment.
Officers are required to carry agency-approved firearms while on duty on VA property.
Officers must achieve and maintain qualification with the agency-approved firearms as condition of gaining and continuing employment as a Police Officer.
Officers must also successfully complete physical and psychological examinations prior to entering on duty and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.
An individual who is convicted of a domestic violence charge cannot be authorized to own, be issued, purchase, or otherwise have possession of a handgun under the Lautenberg Amendment (PL 104-208) to the Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 USC 922).A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
This is a testing designated position. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with the VA.
New VA Police Officers are required to successfully complete the in-residence (320 hour) 10-week Basic Police Officer Course in Little Rock, Arkansas. Satisfactory completion of this course is a condition of continued employment.
Officers are required to carry agency-approved firearms while on duty on VA property.
Officers must achieve and maintain qualification with the agency-approved firearms as condition of gaining and continuing employment as a Police Officer.
Officers must also successfully complete physical and psychological examinations prior to entering on duty and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.
An individual who is convicted of a domestic violence charge cannot be authorized to own, be issued, purchase, or otherwise have possession of a handgun under the Lautenberg Amendment (PL 104-208) to the Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 USC 922).A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
This is a testing designated position. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with the VA.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
3.
Do you possess a current, valid states driver's license?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Knowledge of the guidelines, regulations, and procedures associated with criminal investigation, including evidence detection and handling and drawing appropriate factual inferences and conclusions
5.
Makes sound, well informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change
6.
Knowledge of procedures of civil, criminal, or administrative hearings, evidence collection, including the delivery and receipt of evidence, classes of evidence, and rules of evidence and legal procedures.
7.
Inspires, motivates and guides others toward goal accomplishment; coaches, mentors, and challenges subordinates; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations; models high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, and respect for the individual by applying these values to daily behaviors.
8.
Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods
9.
Plans, distributes, coordinates, and monitors work assignments of others; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
10.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18U.S.C. 1001); my eligibility may be canceled, I may be denied and appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal Service (5 CFR part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.