DHS

A lot of us have passed the SAEE either recently or right before COVID started up and are waiting for the SUPER to be scheduled. I was set to take the test in March but the testing centers shut down three days before my date. I was reauthorized at the beginning of June and passed on the 12th. Rumor on another forum is that they are planning ELAC processing events in July to push a lot of applicants through quickly, but I haven't heard anyone say they have their SUPER scheduled yet. So welcome to the waiting game lol.

From what I read in the other USSS thread, a failed polygraph with one agency will NOT have an effect on the application with another agency.

Edited by user Monday, June 22, 2020 9:17:23 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

IIRC it’s temporary because of the hiring authority used. You’re technically temporary in the FBI too until you finish the probationary period.

You get normal benefits and everything just like a permanent position.

You sign an agreement saying you’ll work for the USSS for 20 or 24 months so definitely longer than a year.

Agencies use new kinds of hiring authority so it doesn’t take 3 years to hire new agents. One of the reasons the USSS was getting people to FLETC within 100 days of applying (at least before COVID).

Considering how much putting you through 6-7 months of training costs them, I’d hope they wouldn’t let you go after another 6 months of actually working the job.

I was hoping someone else would chime in with direct knowledge, since the only info I have is second-hand at best. But I thought I'd add what little info I do have.

Apparently it is not only the amount of travel but the last-minute nature of it. You might get a call saying you need to be someplace on very short notice. If there were a set schedule and you could plan things out, I'm told, it would not be quite as bad. But much of the travel is unscheduled, possibly due to being short staffed and also the nature of the protectee's schedules.

Something else I did not know is that your first assignment, maybe the first few years, are not in the 'protective' details but you are based out of field offices working other cases. The guy who told me this seemed to think this would cut down on the travel, but at best that would only be at the start.

In other news, I saw a news story about moving USSS out of DHS and back to Treasury.

Seeing multiple people on the officer.com forum getting through their SUPER in very late July. Looks like it’s all bigger cities.

I’ve called my local FO about three times and haven’t gotten anything solid. About to see if they’d let me travel to a bigger city to actually continue the process. I’d like to get in what has to be an insanely long queue for the FLETC CITP before you’re having to wait 1-2 years to get in lol.

Finally got the SUPER invite. Took about 6 months. They're really backed up and trying to work through everything as quickly as possible.

If you submitted an application recently, I'd expect to hear something about the SAEE within 1 to 1.5 months. It seems like testing centers are mostly re-opened.