I’ve seen bop creds, and you don’t need anything more than that Try to make an arrest … you’re not trained for that, and have extremely limited authority If an arrest is made on prison grounds, it’s the usms, fbi, or oig. The bop is very stingy with pay compared to other federal le That said, most are hired at gl5, you are fortunate to be offered gl7 Where i am, bachelors and even master degrees are common for everyday working cos
Gl8 is the highest you can go as an officer, that is competitive All that said, if you are well liked, you can promote quickly into one of many ancillary or management roles You actually make more with bop then with nys corrections Nys starts at $36,420 while bop starts at $43,545 at a gl5 level in that area Even when you add the locality pay for nassau, suffolk, rockland or westchester counties at $3,210 for nys, you still end up with more at bop. Bop has the largest number of non supervisory positions in any fed le agency
For that bop use to spend around 1 billion on inmate health care alone I would look for bop to close some fcis and consolidate inmate populations It doesn't make sense to have a facility half open and vacent bed space like they did at some hard to hire places the last few years. The issue with bop is thwre are 122 institutions and 180 different ways and thats not because of sexuriry level At any usp housin units have 2 staff per howevwr this wasnt standard until 2013 So you will have a paetnwr.
Bop employees can carry off duty if they qualified each year on the range but must follow local carry laws as far as i know They are considered federal leo but have limited arrest powers They are covered under federal leo retirement Generally, the bop has officers with sidearms patrolling the streets surrounding downtown mdc's, mcc's and fdc's I guess the theory is in the event an inmate is able to lower himself out a window, they used to carry shotguns patrolling the sidewalk around mcc new york in manhattan But that ended several years ago
