Police Officer

Summary

This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Police Service (PS). The mission of the PS is to serve and protect Veterans - patients - employees - contractors - volunteers - affiliates - visitors - and others who frequent VA facilities. Safety and security are paramount to ensuring that the VA successfully serve and honor the men and women who are America's Veterans.

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized

Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge - skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled - in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized experience is work that provided 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. 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. OR

Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the experience required. To qualify based on education you must have successfully completed a full four (4) year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree in Police Science or a comparable degree program related to the work of the position. OR Combination of Specialized Experience and

Education:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify. You must have an equivalent combination of successfully completed a Federal - State - county - or municipal police academy or comparable training course that included at least 40 classroom hours of instruction in police department procedures and methods - and local law and regulations - to substitute a maximum of 3 months of specialized experience AND possess at least 9 months of specialized experience as identified above.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience - including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g.

- Peace Corps - Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g.

- professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies - knowledge - and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience - including volunteer experience. FIREARM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: VA Police Officers are required to carry agency-approved firearms while on duty on VA property.

Officers must achieve and maintain qualification/certification with the agency-approved firearms as condition of gaining and continuing employment as a Police Officer. Applicants must be able to possess firearms under the terms of the Gun Control Act of 1968 - as amended (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)).

• This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30 - 2026
• The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be March 3 - 2026 - with subsequent cut-off dates every two weeks
• Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled
• Duties include - but are not limited to:
  Protects the civil rights of all individuals on VA controlled property
• Prevents - detect and investigate crimes
• Patrols assigned areas on foot or by motor vehicle
• Subdues persons causing disturbance or who threaten harm to themselves or others
• Follows rules/procedures concerning search and seizure of evidence -…