Law Enforcement Sergeant

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of New York When you work at the New York Fed, you have the opportunity to make an impact in our communities and across the nation. Our mission-driven, curious, and dedicated colleagues apply their diverse perspectives and unique talents to support the strength of the U.S. economy and stability of the global financial system. At the Bank, we work full-time onsite with our teams. We believe being physically together allows us to draw on our collective strengths, while recognizing that the ability to work flexibly from time to time remains important to achieving our mission.

Our Unique Work:

The Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Unit 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 United States Federal Reserve Police serve as the law enforcement arm of the Federal Reserve System and is responsible for providing police protection for the Federal Reserve System, which is the Central Bank of the United States. 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 a Sergeant, you will report directly to the Lieutenant of your assigned tour/location.

The Sergeant role works four days a week, ten hours per day, with those days to be determined at the time of offer. The current Operations Sergeant tour and location openings are as follows:

• (1) East Rutherford Operations Center Evening Tour Sergeant (1300 – 2300)

• (2) Head Office Night Tour Sergeant (2300 – 0900)

Candidates can include their desired tour and location in their application cover letter and selected candidates will have the ability to choose whichever tour and locations are available to them at the time of offer. If the selected candidate declines the available assignment, that candidate will be eligible to apply again when openings are available.

Application Deadline: March 27, 2026

How You’ll Make an Impact as a Law Enforcement Sergeant:

• Serve as first-level Operations supervisor, including and not limited to when deployed to an incident scene, coordinating responding uniformed team members, and providing leadership and guidance to uniformed team members.

• Assist supervising the LEU Command Center and uniformed team members on your respective tour, in coordination across all tours.

• Answer inquiries of the public and employees entering the Bank, verify ID cards of employees and the identification of guests, screen packages, and direct persons to their destinations, run NCIC background checks on visitors & contract workers as needed.

• Participate in and assist in supervising a tour of Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officers.

• Keep the Law Enforcement Leadership team – including your Staff Sergeants, Lieutenants, Captains, and senior Law Enforcement leaders - informed of all issues of concern on your assigned tour and ensure there is complete and accurate follow-up.

The Unique Skill Sets We’re Looking For:

• Foundational understanding of a Law Enforcement 24/7 work schedule, prioritizing, coaching and process execution.

• Demonstrated tact and diplomacy in situations dealing with the public and employees of an organization.

• An ability to see the bigger picture and impact of decisions they are seeking to make.

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

• Excellent communications skills including the ability to provide clear and concise written and verbal reporting in time sensitive and high stress situations.

• The selected individual will be expected to successfully complete the Federal Reserve System’s (FRS) Basic Law Enforcement Course (BLEC), if they have not already done so.

• 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 you may attend the FRS BLEC in Atlanta or Cleveland, including three weeks of remote learning from New York and the balance of the Academy in Atlanta or Cleveland. Travel and lodging costs to the BLEC will be paid for by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Other things to know

Salary Range: $95,000 - $110,000 / 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.

How We’ll Support You:

Our programs and

benefits

are designed to support you through all your life stages:

• Learning & Growing: Educational assistance, career development tools, and stretch opportunities

• Supporting Your Family: Parental leave, adoption assistance, back-up dependent and elder care, college planning resources, and more

• Managing Your Health: Comprehensive insurance plans, leave policies, onsite Health & Wellness Center, and onsite Fitness Center

• Optimizing Your Finances: Pension plan, 401(k) with generous match, financial planning resources, and subsidized public transportation program

Our Culture is deeply grounded in our Touchstone Behaviors— By working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your ability to Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership. These competencies shape our culture here at the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success and set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career.

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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

[email protected]

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.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

No

Job Category

Operations Family Group

Work Shift

Second (United States of America)

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