SUPERVISORY POLICE OFFICER

Security Forces Flight Supervisor

The purpose of this position is to serve as a first level supervisor and/or flight chief, providing planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control over nonsupervisory employees assigned to the Security Forces Flight. This position performs the following duties:

Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) objectives. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards. Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. Appraises subordinate workers performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques. Recommends awards when appropriate and approves within-grade increases. Hears and resolves employee complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher level management. Represents the Security Forces Flight with a variety of functional area organizations. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with the base community. Meets with key customer and coordinating officials to assess customer satisfaction, explain organization policy and procedures, and resolve problems that arise. Provides or ensures that subordinates provide customer guidance and training. Participates in special projects and initiatives and performs special assignments. Identifies the need for special projects and initiates milestones and goals. Evaluates reports by analyzing facts and performing appropriate research and prepares detailed responses. Determines appropriate recommendations for unresolved or questionable problems and performs follow-up. Researches and determines or recommends appropriate actions or interpretation of issues that impact the organization. Performs and enforces the full range of police officer duties within the military facility. Incumbent has full powers of apprehension and detention which entails carrying a firearm, operating Security Forces vehicles and equipment, mirandizing suspects, preserving evidence and testifying in court as it pertains to enforcing regulations on a military installation. Directs and ensures thorough investigations of accidents, suspicious activities, and arrests, and promotes community relations. Directs and supervises the dispatch operation activities involving security force patrols to scenes of crimes, accidents, natural disasters, and apprehensions. Directs or personally performs preliminary and final short-term investigations of a broad range of alleged and actual crimes occurring solely within the local facility jurisdiction. Directs and ensures that all individuals requesting access to the facility have the proper identification credentials before entering. Directs and participates in training exercises and evaluations to increase proficiency and update skills and knowledge of organization/flight personnel. Responds to calls for emergency assistance to include traffic accidents, suicides, burglary, robbery, sex offenses, suspicious persons, catastrophic events, scenes of crimes/natural disasters, and possibly murder, and enemy attacks, and makes apprehensions. Acts as the on-scene incident commander for significant and catastrophic events as required and initiates Air Force Incident Management System (AFIMS) as needed. Interacts with members of the public to determine their involvement in incidents to include interviewing, advising them of their rights, obtaining statements, and detaining or apprehending violators. Performs traffic duty to include operating radar detection devices, directing traffic, escorting dignitaries, and conducting sobriety tests. Enforces weapons systems security standards, traffic rules and regulations, including those related to speed, reckless and drunken driving. Stops violators, notifies them of the traffic offense committed, and issues armed forces traffic tickets and DoD violation notices as appropriate. Ensures accurate completion of required paperwork, forms, and reports. Performs other duties as assigned.