Protective Service Officer Redstone
Summary
Security officer at a federal facility in Alabama, verifying IDs, inspecting packages/vehicles, and controlling access using metal detectors and x-ray machines.
Payrate: $28.58 + Health and Welfare
- Stand post at the entry/exit points to verify all persons' identification and conduct inquiries and surveillance of suspicious items, packages, and people.
- Ensure individuals do not depart with government material unless they are authorized to do so.
- Verbally challenge individuals who are approaching restricted areas.
- Direct individuals who cause a disturbance to leave the property.
- Operate traffic control points.
- Close off areas to traffic, establish perimeters, and set up barricades to secure incident scenes or facilities.
- Control access to incident scenes.
- Help ensure integrity of a crime scene, maintaining it in its original condition until law enforcement personnel take over.
- Coordinate the receipt, issuance, and tracking of all keys, key cards, lock combinations, vehicle passes/decals, etc.
- Identify suspicious persons or vehicles
- Inspect packages, briefcases, containers, or any other items in the possession of people entering or leaving a federally controlled facility.
- Operate metal detectors to search visitors for prohibited items.
- Operate x-ray machine to search deliveries and visitors' packages, equipment, and hand carried articles for prohibited items.
- Conduct vehicle inspection, which may include inspecting under seats, in the trunk, and under the vehicle.
- Conduct frisks or pat downs for weapons or other unauthorized items.
- Verify proper identification of visitors required for issuance of visitor badges.
- Process visitors.