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Lead Police Officer

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Portland, Oregon, United States VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Full time
Job Summary

This position is located within the Veterans Health Administration, performing law enforcement work for the preservation of peace and the prevention, detection, and investigation of crimes occurring on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) controlled property.

Key Responsibilities
  • Leads a unit or team of employees and distributes/balances workload in accordance with established workflow or job specialization;
  • Empathizes, engages, and communicates with all individuals encountered to ensure a positive and safe environment;
  • Instructs/trains employees in specific tasks and job techniques;
  • Resolves simple, informal complaints of employees and refers others to supervisor;
  • Assures compliance with federal, state, county and municipal laws and ordinances as they pertain to VA property and agency rules and regulations pertaining to law enforcement work;
  • Writes uniform offense reports covering incidents that contain pertinent information, which is factual, classified properly, and submits reports timely;
  • Questions victims and witnesses at the scene of an incident;
  • Issues citations for personally observed violations of the law, rules, or regulations;
  • Assists victims of accidents or assaults by providing first aid, etc.;
  • Obtains statements from persons involved in or who has witnessed an accident;
  • Pursues and apprehends person fleeing a crime scene or attempting to resist arrest while on VA property;
  • Identifies and reacts to overcome life-threatening situations such as natural or man-made disasters, hostage, barrier, terrorist attack, kidnap, or felony assault;
  • Conducts long and short-term investigations;
  • Performs all other duties as assigned.
Requirements
  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job;
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959;
  • You may be required to serve a probationary period;
  • Subject to background/security investigation;
  • Pre-employment physical required;
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process;
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP);
  • Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet specialized experience within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience: Do you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service (or equivalent pay band), that provided a 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?

Specialized experience includes: leading and directing employees in their duties in response to potential threats of violence, detecting criminal activity, fire and other emergencies; enforcing federal, state, and local laws; making arrests; conducting foot and vehicle patrol; maintaining control of a scene or incident; taking statements from witnesses/suspects and advising them of their rights; preparing detailed reports of criminal offenses, violations, incidents, and citations issued; interrogating suspects; and applying all correct rules of search and seizure.

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.

Experience as a security guard or corrections officer is generally not qualifying.

Note: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements

The work requires, on a regular and recurring basis, considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as running, frequent climbing of multiple flights of stairs, and carrying items weighing over 50 pounds.

It requires stamina, physical agility, dexterity, and the strength to pursue, apprehend or detain persons who are often uncooperative, assaultive, and/or armed.

Work Environment

The work involves both moderate and high risks and possible endangerment of life or serious injury that requires the exercise of safety precautions and use of personal protective equipment.

The work is performed in settings in which there is regular and recurring exposure to moderate to severe discomforts and unpleasantness, such as high temperatures in confined spaces, high temperatures due to mandatory protective personal equipment, or adverse weather conditions during extended periods of traffic and patrol duties.

The work involves moderate risk requiring exercise of safety precautions when working around hazardous materials such as toxic gases, explosives, infectious biological materials, and others that pose a moderate risk of exposure.