Lead Police Officer

Job Title

Lead Police Officer

Duties

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 feeling a crime scene or attempting to resist arrest while on VA property;

Identifies and reacts to overcome life threatening situations such as natural or manmade disasters, hostage, barrier, terrorist attack, kidnap, or felony assault;

Conducts long and short-term investigations;

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Designated Drug-Testing Position: 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 VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.

Work Schedule: Compressed/Flexible Schedule. Candidates must be willing to work weekends, irregular work hours and extended hours if determined by the needs of the service. Furthermore, candidates must be willing to be placed, detailed, or temporarily assigned to other related services and/or locations, if necessary.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Lead Police Officer/ PD03270LS

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Job Title

Lead Police Officer

Duties

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 feeling a crime scene or attempting to resist arrest while on VA property;

Identifies and reacts to overcome life threatening situations such as natural or manmade disasters, hostage, barrier, terrorist attack, kidnap, or felony assault;

Conducts long and short-term investigations;

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Designated Drug-Testing Position: 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 VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.

Work Schedule: Compressed/Flexible Schedule. Candidates must be willing to work weekends, irregular work hours and extended hours if determined by the needs of the service. Furthermore, candidates must be willing to be placed, detailed, or temporarily assigned to other related services and/or locations, if necessary.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Lead Police Officer/ PD03270LS

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

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