Police Officer

Durham, NC
Veterans Health Administration

Salary: $62,206 – $80,870 per year

Closing Date: 12/20/2024

Essential Functions:

  • 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.

Requirements:

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
  • All 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.
  • 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
  • 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).