Police Officer Secret Service Police

About This Role

This police officer role with the Secret Service Police (Uniformed Division) involves protecting facilities and venues for U.S. Secret Service protectees. Officers are entrusted with a variety of protective assignments, safeguarding key complexes and providing security for foreign missions. The position requires relocation to Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard the White House complex, the Vice President's residence, and other designated facilities
• Provide security for foreign missions and embassies
• Travel in support of Presidential, Vice Presidential, and foreign heads of state/government missions
• Enforce mandated protective responsibilities as described under Title 18, United States Code, Section 3056A

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• Possess a current valid driver's license
• Must be at least 20 years old at the time of application (applicants may be referred up to their 40th birthday; exceptions may apply for those with current or prior service in federal law enforcement positions covered by special retirement provisions)
• Submit to a drug test prior to appointment and random drug testing while in the position
• Disclose any prior drug use, attempted use, and/or experimentation
• This position requires an automatic credit check after initial qualifications are met
• Carry and use a firearm; maintaining firearm proficiency is mandatory
• Must not have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, unless a pardon was received or conviction was expunged or set aside
• Complete 13 weeks of intensive training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, GA or Artesia, NM
• Complete 18 weeks of specialized training at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Laurel, MD
• Certify registration with the Selective Service System or be exempt, if a male applicant born after December 31, 1959
• Uncorrected vision of at least 20/100, correctable to 20/20 in each eye
• Lasik, ALK, RK, and PRK surgeries are acceptable if required post-surgery visual tests are passed (Lasik: 3 months, PRK: 6 months, ALK/RK: 1 year waiting periods apply)
• Hearing loss, as measured by an audiometer, must not exceed 25 decibels (A.S.A. or equivalent I.S.O.) in either ear in the 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz ranges
• Must be able to hear the whispered voice at 15 feet with each ear without the use of a hearing aid
• Obtain a Top-Secret Clearance and retain it during your career
• Use your official name on your application as it appears on your valid government identification

Benefits

• Recruitment incentive of $50,000

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