Correctional Officer I

St Louis, MO
St. Louis Police Department

Salary: $46,306 – $52,260

Essential Functions:

  • Supervises inmate population while inmates are engaged in activities including meals, showers, visits, receiving medical care, program services, laundry, daily housekeeping functions, etc. This includes the distribution of institutional clothes, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies including caustic/flammable substances, tools, and equipment to inmates.
  • Provides custody and security of inmates including observing actions of inmates, squatting and bending to perform “pat” and “strip” searches of inmates, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive, inmates and transferring and transporting inmates by walking or riding in cars and vans. Also, conduct shakedowns of inmate housing unit areas involving squatting, bending, stooping, and kneeling while searching cells and common areas, inmates’ personal belongings, bedding, clothing, etc., for dangerous or nuisance contraband items.
  • Maintains simple records, log books, etc. and completes routine reports. Conducts accurate counts of inmates housed in the institution as prescribed by policy.
  • Monitors housing unit areas requiring regular and continuous walking throughout the housing unit, including climbing the stairs several times per hour to monitor inmates housed on upper levels. Making rounds of housing unit areas to assess the well-being of inmates and to ensure their safety. Monitors “at risk” or suicidal inmates on a regular basis to ensure their safety.
  • Patrols inmate area to ensure safety and security. This includes securing doors, gates, and windows, monitoring inmate movement through the facility, escorting civilians through facility for authorized purpose and monitoring visitors and/or work crews working in the housing units.
  • Operate security equipment such as handcuffs, two-way radios, locking devices, automated control doors, closed circuit camera monitoring systems, touch screens and the facility management computer system.
  • Observes inmate behavior to ensure an orderly and safe environment and takes appropriate action when an inmate’s behavior jeopardizes the orderly operations of the facility. This may include the use of chemical agents and firearms, as well as employing appropriate physical force, including deadly force if required, to control altercations between inmates or to protect inmates, civilians, and co-workers.
  • Respond to emergencies, including climbing stairs and ladders while searching for escaped inmates, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving first aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured or unconscious inmate or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs or ladders.

Requirements:

  • A high school diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D.) certificate; plus 6-months of work experience. (15 earned credit hours from an accredited college or university may substitute for the 6-month work experience requirement).
  • Applicants must be at least 19 years of age at the time of submitting the Employment Application.
  • Correctional Officers must be able to pass classroom curriculum while in training. CPR and first aid training is required after hiring.