Police Officer

Duties

• Enforce law, maintain law and order, preserve peace, and protect life and civil rights with the jurisdiction of the military installation.
• Have full powers of apprehension and detention which entail carrying a firearm, mirandizing suspects, preserving evidence, and testifying in court.
• Serves as a dispatcher for the installation and dispatches police units to scenes of crimes, accidents, and natural disasters.
• Performs full range of Entry Control and ensures individuals requesting access to the installation have proper identification to enter.
• Performs the full range of duties for defending protection level resources and serves as a restricted entry controller and immediate visual assessments sentry providing surveillance for sensitive, restricted, and limited access areas.

Key Requirements

• Subject to both pre-employment and random drug testing.
• Must pass formal law enforcement training school as determined by AF/A4S and obtain DOD Peace Officer Standardization and Training Certification.
• Must be able to qualify in the use of required weapons, as they will be required to in performance of duties.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968.
• An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the necessary and required security clearance.
• Ability to employ ‘infantry/SWAT’ small unit tactics involving fire and maneuver, with rapid advancing movement between defensive positions, while wearing protective gear for extended periods of (e.g. Employing “Active Shooter” response tactics and techniques as a member of a small team is required).
• Must pass formal law enforcement training school as determined by AF/A4S and obtain DoD Peace Officer Standardization and Training Certification.
• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must pass an initial pre-employment medical examination, periodic medical examinations, meet established hearing standards and discern colors, contrast, and depth, and required initial and annual Department of the Air Force Civilian Police (DACP) Physical Agility Test.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge of police officer procedures and operating methods to perform the full range of police officer activities independently.
• Knowledge of special operating requirements, methods, and procedures for enforcing specialized personnel access controls and preventing unauthorized access to areas where stringent security requirements are enforced.
• Knowledge of rights of detained individuals and organizational rules regarding the appropriated use of force to be used in the apprehension of people.
• Knowledge of the practices, methods, and techniques for functioning as a quick reaction force team members in support of integrated base defense of the operation of specialized weapons, security systems, and equipment.
• Knowledge of tactics, techniques, and procedures for preparation and response to catastrophic events, enemy attacks, and relate threats to installations.
• Ability to operate an incident management system.

Benefits

• Time Off: 10 Federal Holidays, 13 sick leave days, vacation time based upon length of employment.
• Insurance: No waiting period to qualify for health insurance for you and your family.
• Retirement: Immediate coverage by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), part of a three-tiered system which contains: Basic Benefits Plan, Social Security, Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), similar to a 401 (k).