The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, is recruiting to fill 24 Criminal Investigator positions. New Criminal Investigators will be notified of initial duty station location prior to reporting to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) for training. Entry on duty is expected to occur in October 2015.
Duty stations will be determined later.
Projected Timetable for New Agents hire:
Conduct interviews: June - July 2015
Make Selections: August 2015
New Criminal Investigators report for training: October 2015
Duties:
Plans, directs team members, and independently conducts investigations, including complex and highly sensitive investigations, of alleged or suspected violations of Federal laws, rules, and/or regulations.
Leads, organizes and serves on multi-function teams to conduct complex investigations and to address broad scale enforcement problems. Investigations include a variety of evidence gathering techniques such as physical and electronic surveillance, computer searches, witness interviews, hostile interviews, and extensive database and record searches. Investigations require coordination with other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.
Plans and conducts surveillance and undercover work and secures and executes search and seizure warrants.
Performs a wide variety of other law enforcement activities on the most complex and sensitive cases such as raids, interviewing witnesses, interrogating suspects, making arrests, developing evidence for presentation, testifying in court, and preparing detailed reports.
Builds partnerships with Federal, State and local enforcement authorities, media representatives, NGO’s (Non-Governmental Organizations), and private industry to obtain, secure, and exchange information and testimony and to identify and resolve emerging and systemic issues.
Conducts specialized studies and analyses to identify systemic issues, on specific threats or target organizations, or trends affecting wildlife protection and law enforcement.
Supports enforcement of State game and fish laws is within the scope of the incumbent’s official duties.
