POLICE OFFICER (HANDLER/TRAINER)

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Conducting inspections of buildings and vehicles utilizing dogs to locate drugs or explosives; 2) Interpreting dog signals/communications to determine probable cause, obtain search authorization, perform search, recover the evidence, field test and evaluate the evidence, make apprehension and prepare written reports; 3) Performing on/off leash obedience, controlled aggression, and safe utilization of dogs in congested areas; 4) Providing care, maintenance, and explosive, drug and patrol training to dogs in accordance with instructions and guidelines; and 5) Conducting checkpoints and roadblocks as directed in effort to reduce criminal activity. NOTE: Experience must be fully supported in your resume to be considered for this position. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/police-series-0083/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, 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 serve as a POLICE OFFICER (HANDLER/TRAINER) in the FORCE PROTECTION DEPARTMENT of CB CEN GULFPORT SEC DET.