BPS Certified Law Enforcement Officer

Location : Richland County, SC Job Type: FTE - Full-Time Job Number: 180824 Agency: Department of Public Safety Opening Date: 10/01/2025 Closing Date: Continuous Residency Requirement: Yes Class Code:: JC20 - JC30 Position Number:: 00000000 Normal Work Schedule:: Other Normal Work Schedule (Other):: Permanent Shifts Pay Grade: LAW04 LAW06 Hiring Range - Min.: $58,222.00 Hiring Range - Max.: $77,222.00 Opening Date: 09/16/2024 EEO Statement: Equal Opportunity Employer Agency Specific Application Procedures::ALL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY ONLINE. ALL CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES WILL BE THROUGH ELECTRONIC MAIL.Residency Requirement (specifics):: If offered employment as a Bureau of Protective Services Officer, the officer shall establish residence at a location that will allow them to respond to the Richland County line within 45 minutes. Veteran Preference Statement: South Carolina is making our Veterans a priority for employment in state agencies and institutions. Job Responsibilities PLEASE BE ADVISED THESE POSITIONS ARE FOR CERTIFIED CLASS I LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ONLY Patrols assigned areas to deter and/or detect violations; maintains order and enforces state statutes and regulations. Exercises arrests powers and testifies in court. Investigates disturbances and determines causes and participants. Provides administrative duties to include proper use of radio and telephone collection and dissemination of information. Completing necessary reports and documents. Has a working knowledge and understanding of the requirements of state statutes and policies and procedures of the Department of Public Safety. Maintains security for all properties promulgated by statutes and regulations. Provides protective services and eliminates safety hazards for all persons including the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, their families and other persons in designated locations patrolled by the Bureau of Protective Services. Assists with order and proper discipline at the Chambers of the Legislature, Governor's Mansion, and other state buildings or facilities. Observes all visitors and makes determinations of their needs and requirements, then directs them to individual(s) most capable of assisting them. Assists supervisors in basic training of new officers to include scenario-based incidents, applicable state laws with DPS policies and procedures. Minimum and Additional RequirementsState Minimum Requirements: A high school diploma and experience performing patrol or investigative duties with a public law enforcement agency. A bachelor's degree may be substituted for the required law enforcement experience. Agency Minimum Requirements: Must be a US Citizen and at least 21 years of age. Must have at least a high school diploma, or GED equivalent Must be a resident of South Carolina and have a valid South Carolina driver's license prior to effective date of hire. Minimum years of active Certified law enforcement experience with a law enforcement agency. Additional Requirements - Selected applicants will be required to submit to an extensive background investigation to include: Credit check Criminal History Driver's Record History of drug use Polygraph examination All applicants will be required to submit to a mandatory urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use. Contacting ALL former employers, and your current employer. Please note that if you answer "NO" on the state application to the question asking, "May we contact this employer?" this will not allow DPS to conduct a thorough background investigation and you will not move forward in the process. Candidates must meet 20/20 vision standards OR no more than 20/200 corrected to 20/100 or below. Candidates must also be capable of distinguishing, without corrections, three colors: green, yellow and red. Selected Candidates must complete a Psychological Exam and Medical Exam Salary Breakdown by years of Certified Law Enforcement Experience Certified with less than eighteen (18) months of active law enforcement experience ($58,222). Certified with eighteen (18) months, but less than 3 years of law enforcement experience ($59,082)Certified with a minimum of three (3) years of active law enforcement experience ($60,523)Certified with a minimum of five (5) years of active law enforcement experience ($64,760)Certified with a minimum of eight (8) years of active law enforcement experience ($67,349)Certified with a minimum of ten (10) years of active law enforcement experience ($70,044)Certified with a minimum of thirteen (13) years of active law enforcement experience ($73,546)Certified with a minimum of fifteen (15) years of active law enforcement experience ($77,222) NOTE:If any Additional Requirements are listed above applicants must also meet those Additional Requirements to be considered for the position. Additional Comments All BPS assignments are located in Richland County, SC. All applicants will adhere to the residency requirement on this posting. The next step after submitting this application will be an administrative review (Credit/Criminal/Driving Checks). We will require the following documents. A copy of your high school diploma or state GED certificate, A copy of your DD-214 (member 4) military discharge (if applicable), A copy of your birth certificate (or naturalization certificate) and A copy of your South Carolina driver's license (you will also need the official original copies of any out of state driver's license records you have held in any other state within the past five (5) years). The South Carolina Department of Public Safety is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), or national origin. The department prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), or national origin. Benefits for State Employees The state of South Carolina offers eligible employees generous benefits, including health and dental insurance; retirement and savings plan options; and paid vacation and sick leave. Plus, work-life balance programs such as telecommuting and flexible work schedules are available to employees of some state agencies. Insurance Benefits Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, which includes prescription coverage and wellness benefits. Other available insurance benefits include dental, vision, term life insurance, long term disability and flexible spending accounts for health and child care expenses. Retirement Benefits State employees are also offered retirement plan options, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Additionally, eligible employees may elect to participate in the South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program, which is a voluntary, supplemental retirement savings plan offering 401(k) and 457 plan options. Workplace Benefits State employees may also be eligible for other benefits, including tuition assistance; holiday, annual and sick leave; and discounts on purchases, travel and more. Note: The benefits above are available to most state employees, with the exception of those in temporary positions. Employees in temporary grant and time-limited positions may be eligible for all, some or none of these benefits as benefits are associated with each position type. For these positions, contact the hiring agency to determine what benefits may be available. 01 Are you a US Citizen? Yes No 02 Are you at least 21 years of age? If no, when will you be 21 years of age? 03 Based on you current years of experience, Are you willing to accept a salary between $57,081 - $75,708 respectively? Yes No 04 Do you understand that the annual salary for a BPS Officer listed in this vacancy announcement is NOT negotiable? Yes No 05 Have you been employed with SCDPS in the past 6 months? Yes No 06 Have you ever been employed with SCDPS? Yes No 07 If you answered yes, please list the Agency/Division, your title, and dates of employment. If you answered no, please write N/A. 08 Have you ever applied to any of the three SCDPS Law Enforcement Divisions: SC Highway Patrol, State Transport Police, and/or Bureau of Protective Services? Yes No 09 If you answered yes, please list the DPS division(s) that you have applied to and date(s) applied. If you answered no, please write N/A. 10 Do you authorize the South Carolina Department of Public Safety to obtain your consumer credit report, and do you understand that it is part of the employment process. Yes No 11 Have you read the SCDPS' automatic disqualifiers regarding tattoos at ? Yes No 12 For criminal history purposes, please list the city and state in which you were born. 13 Have you ever used any name(s) other than what is listed on the application, such as a maiden name, nicknames, or name changes? Yes No 14 If you answered yes, please list the name(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 15 Are you currently or have you ever been certified by any Law Enforcement agency as a Certified Law Enforcement Officer? (Police Officer/Sheriff's Deputy) Yes No 16 If you answered "yes" to the question above, please select your years of experience below. Less than 18 months of active law enforcement experience Minimum 18 months, but less than 3 years of active law enforcement experience Minimum 3 years of active law enforcement experience Minimum 5 years of active law enforcement experience Minimum 8 years of active law enforcement experience Minimum 10 years of active law enforcement experience Minimum 13 years of active law enforcement experience Minimum 15 years of active law enforcement experience None of the above 17 If you answered yes, please list the date of your Criminal Justice Academy graduation. If you answered no, please write N/A. 18 Have you ever worked for any law enforcement agency outside of South Carolina? Yes No 19 If you answered yes, please list agency and date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 20 Did you ever receive or solicit anything for overlooking a violation? Yes No N/A 21 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no or N/A, please write N/A. 22 Did you ever use your official position for your own personal gain? Yes No N/A 23 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no or N/A, please write N/A. 24 Did you ever perjure yourself in court? Yes No 25 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 26 Have you ever engaged in any sexual activity with an inmate or prisoner? Yes No N/A 27 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no or N/A, please write N/A. 28 Have you ever applied to any other city, county, state, or federal law enforcement agency ANYWHERE? Yes No 29 If you answered yes, list ALL to include agency, date(s) applied, and status of application. If you answered no, please write N/A. 30 Do you have at least a high school diploma? Yes No 31 Please state your highest grade level of education COMPLETED. 32 Have you ever served in the military? Yes No 33 If so, did you receive an honorable discharge? Yes No 34 If you answered no, please explain in detail. 35 Please list the branch and dates of service. (Be prepared to provide a DD-214 for each period of service). 36 Do you have a valid driver's license? Yes No 37 Starting with your current license, list all the states in which you possessed a driver's license in the past five (5) years. Include the state, dates, and driver's license numbers for each. (Be prepared to provide certified driving records for any state(s) you have held a driver's license within the past five (5) years). 38 Is your driver's license currently suspended? Yes No 39 Has your driver's license ever been suspended, revoked, or cancelled for any reason in any state at any time? Yes No 40 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 41 Do you currently have any outstanding or unpaid traffic tickets? Yes No 42 Have you ever committed a hit and run? Yes No 43 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 44 Have you ever driven a motor vehicle when your ability to drive was impaired due to drugs or alcohol? Yes No 45 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 46 Have you ever operated a motor vehicle knowing it had no insurance? Yes No 47 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 48 For a criminal record check, please provide your FULL social security number, using the following format XXX-XX-XXXX. (We cannot process your application without this.) 49 For a criminal record check, please provide your date of birth, using the following format MM/DD/YYYY. (We cannot process your application without this.) 50 Have you ever been convicted of Leaving the Scene with Personal Injury or Death within the last five (5) years? Yes No 51 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 52 Have you been convicted of DUI and/or DWI within the last 5 years? Yes No 53 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 54 Have you ever been convicted of a violent crime? Yes No 55 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 56 Have you ever been convicted of domestic violence? Yes No 57 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 58 List ALL Arrests/Criminal Charges/Indictments, AND/OR Convictions, to include date(s). 59 Have you ever committed ANY of the following: Unlawfully deprived an individual of property, cash or merchandise through appropriation, theft by false pretext, shoplifting, swindling, passing a worthless check, embezzlement, extortion, changing price tags, receiving stolen property, unlawfully receiving a service without paying for it, or any form of theft, including making a false claim to an insurance company? Yes No 60 If you answered yes, please explain in detail for each and include dates. If you answered no, please write N/A. 61 Have you ever committed or participated in any of the following crimes even if they went undetected: armed robbery, arson, assault, burglary, disorderly, forgery, fraud, indecent exposure, kidnapping, larceny, lewd acts, peeping tom, perjury, impersonating a police officer, prostitution, rape, incest, sex crimes, vandalism, murder, terroristic threats, receiving stolen property, and/or child molestation? Yes No 62 If you answered yes, please explain in detail for each and include dates. If you answered no, please write N/A. 63 Have you ever been questioned regarding domestic violence including spouse abuse, child abuse, or any other form of investigation regarding verbal, physical, or sexual abuse against a person in your family? Yes No 64 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 65 Have you ever viewed any type of child pornography? Yes No 66 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 67 Have you ever physically or sexually abused a child? Yes No 68 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 69 Have you ever been in possession of sexual pictures or nude pictures of any child under the age of 16? Yes No 70 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 71 Have you ever engaged in any type of sexual activity with any person under the age of 16? Yes No 72 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 73 Have you ever forced someone, by word or action, to have sexual contact with you against their will? Yes No 74 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 75 Have you ever had sexual contact with someone who was unable to give consent due to being drugged, drunk or unconscious? Yes No 76 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 77 Have you ever been involved or affiliated in any form with a gang, gang violence or gang activity? Yes No 78 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 79 Have you ever been a member of any group or organization which advocated violent dissent or the overthrow to this government? Yes No 80 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 81 Have you ever falsified any official document? Yes No 82 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 83 Have you ever been sued, or to your knowledge, about to be sued? Yes No 84 If you answered yes, please explain in detail. If you answered no, please write N/A. 85 Are you currently paying or have you ever paid any child support? Yes No 86 If you answered yes, have you ever been, or are you now delinquent in payments? (Please explain) If you answered no, please write N/A. 87 Have you ever been requested to submit to a polygraph examination? Yes No 88 If you answered yes, please explain in detail. If you answered no, please write N/A. 89 Do you currently owe the state or federal government any money? Yes No 90 If you answered yes, are you currently delinquent in payments? If you answered no, please write N/A. 91 Do you have any student loans in default? Yes No 92 If you answered yes, please explain in detail. If you answered no, please write N/A. 93 Do you have any debts greater than $200 to anyone as a result of an act of gambling? Yes No 94 If you answered yes, please explain in detail. If you answered no, please write N/A. 95 Have you ever placed a wager or bet to a bookmaker by phone or by hand on the results of any sport or by being "paid off" while playing an illegal slot or video poker machine? Yes No 96 If you answered yes, please explain in detail. If you answered no, please write N/A. 97 Have you ever stolen anything of value from your current or any former employer? Yes No 98 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 99 Have you ever purchased any illegal drugs? Yes No 100 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 101 Have you ever sold any type of illegal drugs? Yes No 102 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 103 Have you ever grown, produced, manufactured, harvested or cultivated any illegal drugs? Yes No 104 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 105 Have you ever reported to work after having consumed alcohol or any illegal drugs within the previous 8 (eight) hours? Yes No 106 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 107 Have you ever used any illegal drugs or narcotics while at or prior to reporting to work? Yes No 108 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 109 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Marijuana, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 110 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Hashish (Hash), using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 111 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Cocaine, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 112 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with LSD (Acid), using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 113 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Opium, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 114 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Heroin, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 115 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Speed, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 116 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Crack, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 117 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Illegal Anabolic Steroids, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 118 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with PCP, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 119 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Mushrooms, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 120 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Illegal Inhalants, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 121 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Methamphetamine (Meth), using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 122 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with Ecstasy, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 123 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with GHB/DMX (any Roofies), using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 124 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with ANY Party Designer Drugs, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 125 List the date you LAST used and/or experimented with ANY Hallucinogens, using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never". 126 List the NAME and date of ANY other illegal Drug/Substance you LAST used (to include prescription drugs). Enter the date using this format: MM/YYYY. If never used and/or experimented, write "never." 127 Have you ever been required to take a drug or alcohol education program? Yes No 128 If you answered yes, please explain in detail and include date(s). If you answered no, please write N/A. 129 Do you understand that as part of the applicant screening process you will be required to submit to a mandatory urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to employment? Yes No 130 Are you able to perform the essential job functions of a BPS Officer with or without a reasonable accommodation? Yes No 131 Are you able to wear a respirator and other personal protective equipment without restrictions, including participating in emergency teams? Yes No 132 I understand that these supplemental questions are an official part of this application. Any attempt to misrepresent myself may be grounds for disqualification. I have read each question carefully and selected the most appropriate answer. Yes No 133 Did you intentionally omit or falsify any facts from any questions in this application that you feel might disqualify you from this position? Yes No 134 Do you affirm or attest that all questions answered in this application are true and correct? Yes No 135 I understand that prior to employment being offered by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS), my personal identifying information will be used to conduct a criminal records investigation. Furthermore, I understand that if I accept employment with SCDPS, my fingerprints will be collected and submitted to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Davison (SLED) to conduct a final criminal records investigation on my first day of employment. Yes No 136 How did you learn about this position? State Government Website (jobs.sc.gov) SCDPS Employee Career Fair Social Media Friend Other 137 If you answered "SCDPS Employee", please list the employee's full name if possible. If you answered "other" please indicate how you found out about this position. Otherwise, please write N/A 138 Are you following SCDPS on Facebook and/or Twitter to keep up with SCDPS current job postings? Yes No Required Question

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