Metro Transit Police Officer | Metro Transit Police Department
Metro Transit Police Officer
Job ID: 250579
Location: DC/MD/VA Metro Locations
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Date Closed: 10/07/2025
Starting Salary: $71,249.00
General Job Information
Are you ready to protect the safety and welfare of transit patrons while advancing your career? As a Metro Transit Police Officer, you will uphold the law, investigate crimes, and make a tangible difference in our community. With full arrest powers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, you'll have the authority to protect and serve across region.
Why Choose Us?
- Professional Growth: Our officer's benefit from continuous training and development, preparing them for increasing responsibilities and career advancement opportunities.
- Lateral Move Program: Having demonstrated excellence through your education, during your career and or work history, potential candidates have to opportunity to be considered for higher earnings up to $87,889. Qualified Laterals include Sworn Officers, Correctional Officers, Military and those with a Bachelor's Degree or higher education credentials.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a competitive starting salary of $71,249, a $20K signing bonus, robust benefits package, and the security of working within a respected and stable organization.
In this dynamic, fast-paced role, you'll perform critical tasks including crime scene investigation, crisis response, patrol duties, and more. Join a team committed to ensuring safety in the community and the Metro system.
Essential Functions:
- Investigates crimes or incidents, preserves evidence, identifies witnesses and protects the crime scene pending the arrival of investigating officer(s) and supervising official(s).
- Responds to calls for police matters, disaster and emergency incidents. Performs rescue functions involving accidents, emergencies and disasters. Assumes initial command; establishes a command post and implements the Incident Command System; may act as On-Scene Commander until such time that a higher-ranking official arrives on scene.
- Assists transit patrons to include providing information and emergency first aid including cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Patrols authority facilities to ensure order and prevent crime.
- Endures verbal and mental abuse when confronted with hostile views and opinions of criminal defendants, suspects, arrestees and other people encountered in an antagonistic environment.
- Restrains a criminal suspect, assailant, or perpetrator, forcibly if necessary using handcuffs and other restraints, subdues resisting arrestees using maneuvers and resorts to the use of hands and feet and other approved devices in self-defense.
- Pursues fleeing suspects and performs rescue operations and other duties which may involve quickly entering and exiting secured areas, lifting, carrying, and dragging heavy objects, climbing up and down elevated surfaces, climbing through openings, jumping over obstacles, crawling in confined areas, and using body force to gain entrance.
- Performs searches of people, vehicles (buses, trains, cars, etc.) mail, items objects capable of concealing contraband. Engages in tasks to include foot patrolling, and physically inspecting buildings, stations, doors, elevators, windows, bus divisions, service yards and other areas to ensure they are secure.
- Reviews and comprehends both legal and non-legal documents, including the processing of such documents as medical instructions, commitment orders, summons and other legal writs. May be required to conduct visual and audio surveillance for extended periods of time.
- Performs crisis prevention, including counseling, suicide prevention, recognizing abnormal behavior and taking appropriate action.
- Prepares investigative and other reports, including sketches, using appropriate grammar, symbols and mathematical computations, and does filing by alphabetizing and labeling. Gathers information in criminal and administrative investigations by interviewing and obtaining statements of victims, witnesses, suspects, and confidential informants and exercises independent judgement in determining when probable cause exists to recommend arrest, warrants or disciplinary action is required. Testifies in court relative to specific findings as required.
- Detects and collects evidence and substances that provide the basis of criminal offenses or administrative violations; also detects the presence of conditions such as smoke, unusual or excessive noise, and odors. Takes photographs and obtains a legible set of inked fingerprints of arrestees, and suspects.
Physical Agility Test Requirements:
We want all applicants to be prepared and confident! Our physical agility test is designed to ensure you're ready for the demands and essential functions of the job. To follow are details for the Physical Agility assessment.
- Complete a 1.5-mile run in 17 minutes and 54 seconds
- Do 12 push-ups in 1 minute
- Complete 23 sit-ups in 1 minute
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Minimum Qualifications:
Education
- High school diploma or possession of a general equivalency diploma (GED)
Experience
May be advanced to the next grade level provided he/she has taken and passed any required written or practical tests, acquired any required certifications and has met acceptable fitness for duty, work record and job performance requirements.
- Level TP I
- Must be at least 21 years old on date of appointment. This is the entry level.
- Level TP II
- Two (2) years¿ experience as a Metro Transit Police Officer I or related role
- Level TP III
- Five (5) years¿ experience a Metro Transit Police Officer I & II, or related role
Certification/Licensure
- Valid driver's license from jurisdiction of residence
Evaluation Criteria:
Consideration will be given to applicants whose resumes demonstrate the required education and experience. Applicants should include all relevant education and work experience.
Evaluation criteria may include one or more of the following:
- Skills and/or behavioral assessment
- Personal interview
- Verification of education and experience (including certifications and licenses)
- Criminal Background Check (a criminal conviction is not an automatic bar to employment)
- Medical examination including a drug and alcohol screening (for safety sensitive positions)
- Review of a current motor vehicle report
