Patrol Agent

Position: Patrol Agent (Full-time)
Border Patrol Agent (BPA) - in the Federal Security and Public Safety Sector Experienced (GL-9 GS-11)
SAME MISSION, NEW DRIVE!

You love protecting your community and doing your part to keep our nation safe. USBP is hiring immediately forfull-time, career positions, where your priorlaw enforcement officer (LEO) experience may qualify you for higher-graded Border Patrol Agent (BPA) opportunities. Whether you gained this experience as part of a military police unit or as a member of a state or local law enforcement organization, you havean opportunity to work with highly trained professionals whose camaraderie, pride, and purpose are hallmarks of their daily mission.

Now is the time to make your move, along with excellent base pay, location pay, exceptional benefits, and job stability, USBP is offering up to $60,000 in additional incentives to newly appointed Agents (see details below).Border Patrol determines duty assignments at the time of offer based on operational needs, which may or may not align with candidates' first-choice preferences. Relocation may be required.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is hiring immediately for these full-time, career Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) opportunities.

Salary and Benefits :

Salary for newly appointed law enforcement Border Patrol Agents varies from:

Overtime Pay:
Up to 25%
Duty location impacts pay rates;
All Border Patrol Agents may select from an array of federal employment benefits that include health and insurance plans, a generous annual and sick leave program, and participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement plan that is similar to traditional and ROTH 401(k) offerings.
* Recruitment Incentive
* Newly appointed Border Patrol Agents (as defined in5 CFR 575.102) will be offered up to a $20,000 incentive. The first $10,000 will be paid upon successful completion of the Border Patrol Academy, with the remaining $10,000 awarded for accepting a prioritized location.

Retention Incentive
* Newly appointed Border Patrol Agents may also qualify for up to $40,000 in additional incentives distributed over their first four years.

Big Bend Sector Stations
- * Presidio, Van Horn,
* Sanderson, Alpine,
* Sierra Blanca, Marfa Buffalo Sector Stations
-Wellesley Island Del Rio Sector Stations
-Del Rio, Brackettville,
* Comstock, Eagle Pass North, Eagle Pass South, Carrizo Springs, Uvalde El Paso Sector Stations
-Alamogordo, Clint, Deming, El Paso, Fort Hancock, Las Cruces,
* Lordsburg, Santa Teresa, Ysleta El Centro Sector Stations
-El Centro, Indio, Calexico Grand Forks Sector Stations
-Pembina Havre Sector Stations
-Havre, Malta, Plentywood, Scobey, Sweetgrass Houlton Sector Stations
-Calais, Fort Fairfield, Jackman, Rangeley, Van Buren Laredo Sector Stations
-Laredo South, Cotulla,
* Hebbronville, Laredo West,
* Freer, Laredo North, Zapata Rio Grande Valley Sector Stations
-Rio Grande City, Fort Brown, McAllen, Brownsville, Falfurrias, Weslaco, Kingsville, Harlingen San Diego Sector Stations
-Boulevard, Brownfield, Campo, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Murrieta, San Clemente Spokane Sector Stations
-Colville, Curlew, Metaline Falls, Oroville Swanton Sector Stations
-Beecher Falls, Burke, Champlain, Newport, Richford Tucson Sector Stations
- * Ajo, Tucson, Nogales, Douglas, Brian A Terry, Sonoita, Casa Grande, Three Points Substation, Willcox Yuma Sector Stations
-Blythe, Yuma, Wellton

Duties and Responsibilities:

Detecting and questioning people suspected of violating immigration and customs laws and inspecting documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations.

Preventing and apprehending aliens and smugglers of aliens at or near the borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions to include using infrared scopes during night operations.

Performing farm checks, building checks, traffic checks, city patrols, and transportation checks.

Patrolling the international boundary and coastal waterways using a variety of government assets such as vehicles, horses, vessels, watercraft, off-road vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and motorcycles for the accomplishment of the USBP Mission.

Qualifications:

GL-9:
You qualify for the GL-9 grade levelif you possess one (1) year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:

Performing physical searches of detained individuals, their vehicles, and their immediate surroundings for weapons, contraband, currency, and other evidence.

Apprehending, physically restraining, or working with law enforcement officials to identify or apprehend violators of state, federal, or immigration laws.

Proficient in the use of firearms, preparing investigative reports, serving court orders (e.g., GS-11:
You qualify for the GS-11 grade levelif you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, with the authority granted by the state or government to enforce laws, make arrests, and investigate crimes, performing primary duties in an official law enforcement…