Requirements
- No experience required.
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
Detention Deputy I: Previous experience in a position that required high public contact and frequent interaction with co-workers helpful, but not required.
Detention Deputy II: A minimum of 12 months experience in a Detention Deputy I position, or equivalent, a passing evaluation score, and successful completion of the current job knowledge test.
Detention Deputy III: A minimum of 12 months experience in a Detention Deputy II position, or equivalent, a passing evaluation score, and successful completion of the current job knowledge test.
- Must be in possession of, or ability to obtain upon hire, a valid Driver's License.
- Shift work required.
- Shifts require working days, nights, weekends and holidays.
- Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written English, and to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure, and operating manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of the general public or employees of organizations.
- Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables, in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability to operate telephones; computer terminal, keyboard, photocopier, and scanning instrumentation; self-contained breathing apparatus and gas mask; two-way radios; and law enforcement-related equipment, such as restraints and handcuffs.
Tattoos:
- Tattoos may be displayed while on duty or representing the agency unless considered controversial, disrespectful, or offensive.
- Tattoos, scarifications, and brandings on the face, or front of the neck, are not authorized while on duty or representing the agency.
- Modest hand tattoos are allowed, at the discretion of the Sheriff or designee.
- Modest neck tattoos not extending onto the front of the neck, beyond the carotid arteries, are allowed at the discretion of the Sheriff or designee.
Piercings:
- Modest piercing are allowed.
- Nostril is okay; septum, bridge, nasal Lang & rhino piercings are not allowed.
- No more than one piercing is allowed to be displayed.
- Unusually large or obtrusive piercings are not allowed.
- Ring thickness of 18 gauge (1mm) or smaller and a ring diameter of 10mm or smaller is allowed.
- A stud size of 2mm or smaller is allowed.
- Ear piercings
- Sworn personnel, only females are allowed to wear one pair of post style earrings, one in each lobe, while on duty.
Other Necessary Requirements
Physical Requirements:
Deputies must have full mobility and use of both arms and legs, and a full range of motion, to reach over their heads, reach below their knees, bend over or squat down, and to perform self-defense techniques taught by the Sheriff’s Office. They are required to move quickly, climb stairs, and ladders, and be able to run to assist other officers when there is a call for assistance. They must have the ability to stand and/or sit for long periods of time. The Deputy must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds and display enough strength to remove an average human being from a hazardous area, assist in lifting inmates from floor level to bed level, or to overcome and restrain a combative or resistive subject of average ability. Deputies must be able to meet the fitness standards, as prescribed by the Sheriff’s Office.
Dual hearing is required. Detention Deputies are required to listen to multiple audio inputs simultaneously, such as portable radio conversations, conversations with inmates or other sources, noise within the housing units, alarms, etc.
Specific vision abilities, and/or corrected vision abilities, are required, including; dual vision, close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Language Skills:
Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written English, and to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure, and operating manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of the general public or employees of organizations.
Mathematical Skills:
Basic math skills, including; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables, in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Other Necessary Requirements:
Ability to operate telephones; computer terminal, keyboard, photocopier, and scanning instrumentation; self-contained breathing apparatus and gas mask; two-way radios; and law enforcement-related equipment, such as restraints and handcuffs.
Work Environment:
The jail contains 383,754 square feet (8.8 acres) of floor space, within a structure consisting of four wings, of either two or three levels, connected by hallways, stairs, and elevators. Jail duties are predominantly conducted indoors, but occasionally a deputy is required to go outside to conduct security checks of the perimeter and roof. All posts require frequent walking on concrete floors.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.