Law Enforcement Availability Pay

Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) is, per the United States Office of Personnel Management, a type of premium pay that is paid to Federal law enforcement officers aka special agents. Due to the nature of their work, criminal investigators are required to work, or be available to work, substantial amounts of "unscheduled duty." Availability pay is generally an entitlement that an agency must provide if the required conditions are met, but is optional in any agency's Office of the Inspector General that may employ fewer than five criminal investigators.

The following agencies are covered under LEAP:

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
• Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
• Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
• Homeland Security Investigations, part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE-HSI)
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
• United States Marshals Service (USMS)
• United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)
• United States Secret Service (USSS)
• Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)

External links

• OPM notice