Security Police Officer

Summary

The Security Police Officer (SPO) is an armed officer, who has successfully completed the required NASA training, with NASA Federal arrest authority and the Federal Magistrate Program,(if required), whose primary duties may include but are not limited to: first response to emergencies; enforcing federal law and assimilated state law; conducting mobile patrols, inspections and searches; conducting traffic enforcement and traffic investigations; initiating an arrest and transporting persons; perform protective service work such as guarding NASA owned or leased buildings and property; protecting NASA equipment and material; controlling access to NASA installations by employees, visitors, and residents; and other duties as assigned. The SPO is armed with a side arm, shotgun, or other weapons as required. 

Responsibilities

• Required to follow all company personnel and safety policies and perform all assigned duties in a safe work manner. 
• Will arrive at work in proper uniform and carrying needed, issued equipment. 
• Will be required to exercise force up to and including deadly force. 
• Will participate in Guard Mount, receive assigned post, and copy any extra instructions. 
• Will carry out general and special orders for post assigned. 
• Will communicate via radio, telephone and orally according to orders. 
• Required to interact and escort as required with public and government personnel. 
• Will provide access control, traffic control and conduct walking and motorized armed security functions. 
• Will be responsible for cleanliness of uniform and equipment assigned. 
• Will follow applicable standard operating procedures and NASA regulations pertaining to security of weapons, buildings, personnel, NASA property and equipment. 
• Will conduct personnel, vehicular, building, & facility checks and package & parcel inspections. 
• Must be able to work flexible hours to include weekends and holidays if needed. 
• As a critical position will be required to report and remain available for emergency duty in expectation of a hurricane, other disaster, or declared emergency. 
• Other duties as assigned
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum High School Diploma or GED. 
• Must be at least 21 years of age. 
• Preferred minimum of 1-3 years of military or law enforcement experience as a full-time employee of a civilian law enforcement agency, military police, or government or civilian security guard organization  
• Honorably discharged (If Applicable) 
• NBTS required prior to standing an armed post 
• ICS-100 required within 120 days of appointment 
• ICS-200 required within 120 days of appointment 
• ERO Certification required 
• Must be able to possess and maintain a valid state driver’s license. 
• Must be able to obtain a DoD security clearance, but not required to start. 
• Must be able to meet drug testing and alcohol - free workforce requirements to include random drug and/or alcohol testing. 
• Must speak, read, write, and understand the English language, apply written rules, detailed orders, instructions, and training material. 
• Have no record or history of illegal drug use, sale, possession, or manufacture. 
• Have no felony convictions and no convictions that reflect on the individual’s reliability including those crimes classified under the Lautenburg Act. 
• Must be able to maintain and qualify periodically on a course of fire with handgun, or other special weapons. 
• Must be able to meet and maintain NASA Physical Certifications and complete a  
• Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -2 (MMPI-2) and Shipley Institute of Living Scale psychological examinations.  
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. 
• Must successfully complete the Initial Physical Agility Test (IPAT) which consist of the following: 
•  One mile run within the time limits described 
• Age Time Limit to Pass  
• 29 and under 10:00 minutes  
• 30-39 11:00 minutes  
• 40-49 11:30 minutes  
• 50 and above 12:30 minutes 
• Also complete the following obstacle course within 5 minutes 
• (1) From a seated position, exit the vehicle.  
• (2) Complete 220-yard run.  
• (3) Navigate an obstacle course (total length 115 feet).  
• climb or vault over a solid structure, 40-inches in height.  
• three high step hurdles (24 inches, 12 inches, and 18 inches high, spaced 3 feet apart).  
• serpentine pylon maneuver, (4 pylons spaced 3 feet apart).  
• low crawl under two separate bars, 28 inches in height and spaced 36 inches apart.  
• (4) Complete 50-foot sprint.  
• (5) Drag 150 lb. dummy or mannequin 50 feet.  
• (6) Complete 50-foot sprint to the obstacle course.  
• (7) Navigate the obstacle course in reverse order (total length 115 ft).  
• low crawl under two separate bars spaced 36 inches apart and 28 inches in height.  
• serpentine pylon maneuver, (4 pylons spaced 3 feet apart).  
• three hurdles (24 inches, 12 inches, 18 inches high and 3 feet apart). climb or vault over the 40-inch structure.  
• (8) Complete 220-yard run.  
• (9) Time stops when the candidate touches the vehicle.