ICE Directive 1002.1, Directive: 1002.1 Criminal Investigator Hiring and Career Progression (Superseded)

DIRECTIVE TITLE: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR (GS-1811 SERIES) CAREER PATH 1.1. This Directive applies in its entirety to GS 1811 criminal investigators in the Offices of the Assistant Secretary (OAS), Investigations (01), Professional Responsibility (OPR), International Affairs (OIA), and Intelligence (INTEL). All other ICE GS-1811 criminal investigators are eligible and encouraged to apply for GS 1811 positions within these programs and, if selected, will be covered by the career path and criteria defined in this Directive. 1.2.

This Directive is not retroactive for any permanently selected incumbent GS-1811 criminal investigator employee with respect to retention of the position that he or she held as of the effective date of this Directive (this policy does not affect any training requirements for current 1 811 s). 3.

4, SUPERSEDED/CANCELLEI) POLICY/SUMMARY OF CHANGES.

This Directive is the originating and establishing directive for the criminal investigator career path.

BACKGROUND.

With the establishment of the Department of I-Iomeland Security, ICE was formed by the consolidation of GS-1811 criminal investigators from the former Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the Department of the Treasury. U.S. Customs Service (USCS), and the Federal Protective Service. In each of those organizations there were different policies and practices regarding the promotion of criminal investigators to supervisory and managerial positions. This Directive establishes a policy within ICE that outlines the 1811 criminal investigator career path in OAS, 01, OPR, OIA, and INTEL.

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I)E FINITIONS.

The following definitions are provided for the purposes of this Directive. 5.1. 1811, A GS-1811 criminal investigator. Criminal Investigator (GS-181 1 Series) Career Path REL0000021285 9 5.2.

Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP). CITP is basic criminal investigator conducted at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). 5.4. ICE Special Agent Training (ICESAT).

ICESAT is the ICE specific criminal investigator training at FLETC. 5.6. SA-14 Test. A competency-based assessment process for GS-13 1811 criminal investigators for promotion into GS-14 1811 criminal investigator positions in ICE. • 6.3.

GS-13 lateral reassignments. Lateral reassignments as a GS-13 1.811 are available at FLETC and in foreign locations as provided for by this section. 1) To be considered for a lateral reassignment to the position of GS-13 instructor at FLETC, management may select an 1811 who has served at the GS-13 grade level for a minimum of 36 months at its discretion to ensure the efficiency of the service or other business reason. Criminal Investigator (GS-1811 Series) Career Path REL0000021285 3 minimum of 24 months at its discretion to ensure the efficiency of the service or other business reason. • • • .

(t?iV1 • ! 1, • • • &L t 7.1. The Assistant Secretary has overall responsibility and discretion for the oversight and implementation of the GS- 1811 career path in ICE. This authority may be delegated by the Assistant Secretary to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management.

It may not be delegated below the Deputy Assistant Secretary level. 7.2. The Directors of 01, OPR, OIA, and INTEL, or the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations in the case of an 1811 assigned to OAS, are responsible for implementing this Directive within their respective program offices. Criminal Investigator (GS-1811 Series) Career Path REL0000021285 El 9.

ATTACHMENTS.

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None. Approved Jul' . Myers Assistant Secretary U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Criminal Investigator (GS- 1811 Series) Career Path REL0000021285