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Law Enforcement Captain (Security)



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Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York positions you at the center of the financial world with a unique perspective on national and international markets and economies. You will work in an environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals to foster and support the safety, soundness, and vitality of our economic and financial systems.

What we do:   

The Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Unit (LEU) is part of the Operations & Resiliency Group, which serves to strengthen, support, and ensure the resiliency of many of the Bank's essential on-site operations. The Federal Reserve Police serve as the law enforcement arm of the Federal Reserve System (FRS) —the central bank of the United States. LEU's Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officers (FRLEOs) provide 24/7 protection of Bank property, personnel/visitors, operations, and valuables of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

As Law Enforcement Captain, you will report directly to the Director of Uniformed Operations and lead a team of 70 FRLEOs in our New York lower Manhattan location (with occasional travel to East Rutherford Operations Center (EROC)) Given the 24/7 nature of the work, the Captain should be flexible across the day, evening, and night tour and accessible to the team as needed. 

Your role as Law Enforcement Captain: 

  • Lead and inspire the New York Fed's Uniformed Operations team across all shifts (day, evening, and night tours). This includes providing field leadership during incident response and coordinating and providing guidance to uniformed team members. 

  • Partner closely with the East Rutherford Operations Center (EROC) Law Enforcement Captain and LEU Leadership, ensuring seamless alignment on all operations and leadership initiatives through transparent communication, including escalation of issues and follow-up.

  • Lead performance management for the Uniformed Operations teams, including conducting appraisals, promoting a culture of continuous feedback, creating opportunities, and making recommendations for performance and compensation actions. 

  • Coordinate initial and ongoing training requirements and opportunities with the District Training Coordinator and Uniformed Operations leaders. 

  • Engage and partner with New York Fed and FRS leaders for all safety, security, and emergency response protocols, and all New York Fed People & Engagement (HR) initiatives.   

What we are looking for: 

  • Proven ability to lead a 24/7 law enforcement operation, including prioritizing, coaching staff, and ensuring disciplined operational excellence, team coordination, and mission-driven service across all shifts.

  • Demonstrated tact and diplomacy when engaging with the public, employees, and senior leadership of an organization. 

  • Strong strategic thinking and judgment, with the ability to see the broader impact of operational and people-related decisions. 

  • Demonstration of integrity, courage, accountability, respect, and excellence. 

  • Excellent communications skills, including the ability to clearly and concisely convey critical information both verbally and in writing, including in time-sensitive and high-stress situations.  

Additional LEU requirements: 

  • Possess a valid unrestricted motor vehicle driver license, have proficient driving skills, and the ability to operate police equipped vehicles. Must maintain this license for the duration of your employment.

  • Experience carrying and operating a firearm strongly preferred. 

  • U.S. Citizenship 

  • Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment background process that includes (but is not limited to) physical and psychological assessments; and if hired, FRLEOs are subject to monthly random drug screening.

  • The selected individual will be expected to successfully complete the rigorous physical and academic requirements of the full or abbreviated FRS Basic Law Enforcement Course (BLEC), if they have not already done so, as well as annual recertification training requirements:

  • The BLEC, our Academy, consists of an intense, highly regimented, extremely rigorous, ten-week physical and academic training program that includes formal legal and law enforcement classroom training, defensive tactics training, de-escalation training, firearms training, and scenario-based training and testing. Participants must be able to graduate the Academy having met all requirements to become a FRLEO.  Depending on the timing of your selection, your BLEC experience may consist of three weeks of remote learning in New York and the remainder of the training in person in Atlanta or Cleveland. Travel and lodging costs to the BLEC will be paid for by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

  • An abbreviated BLEC is available for candidates with prior law enforcement experience which may include five or more years of local, state, federal, FRS, or military law enforcement. 

Application Deadline: June 27, 2025 

We strongly recommend applicants submit a brief letter of interest/cover letter along with their resume submission. 

 

Salary Range: $135000 - $170000 / year 

We believe in transparency at the NY Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you're stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions. 

Our Touchstone Behaviors—Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership—help shape the culture of the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success, and they set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career with us. Learn more. 

Benefits:  

Our organization offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:  

  • Fully paid Pension plan and 401k with Generous Match  

  • Comprehensive Insurance Plans (Medical, Dental and Vision including Flexible Spending Accounts and HSA)  

  • Subsidized Public Transportation Program  

  • Tuition Assistance Program   

  • Onsite Fitness & Wellness Center  

  • And more  

The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules. 

We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance. Please email us at ny.leaves@ny.frb.org and we'll be glad to help. Please note, this is a dedicated e-mail box designed exclusively to assist applications with accommodation requests in relation to our recruiting process. All other inquires including the status of applications will not receive a response from this e-mail box.  

 

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. 

In addition, candidates must undergo an enhanced background check, comply with all applicable information handling rules, and will be tested for all controlled substances prohibited by federal law, to include marijuana, prior to hire and during employment.  

This position requires a National Security Clearance, access to which is limited to U.S. Citizens.  

    Full Time / Part Time

    Full time

    Regular / Temporary

    Regular

    Job Exempt (Yes / No)

    Yes

    Job Category

    Operations Family Group

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    Third (United States of America)

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