Deputy Sheriff

Salary: $65,000.00 – $85,092.80 Annually

Closing Date: 4/4/2025

Position Summary:

The Patrol Deputy Sheriff, under supervision, performs law enforcement, civil process service, and crime prevention duties for the patrol section. Reports to the Field Services Commander and receives lead-work supervision from a sergeant.

Essential Functions:

• Operates a patrol vehicle and patrols a designated area of the county to preserve the peace, to prevent criminal violations, and to enforce laws and ordinances; protects persons in immediate danger of injury or death; gives first aid to victims of injury or illness, as needed.
• Provides traffic enforcement, issues warnings and citations, and arrests drunk drivers; investigates crimes and questions witnesses; arrests or assists in the arrest of suspects, with or without a warrant; obtains and preserves evidence; directs traffic.
• Receives, responds, and resolves or processes complaints such as domestic abuse; restores and maintains order with regard to family and personal domestic crises; serves legal papers such as summons, writs of attachment, executions, restitution, court orders, official notices, and subpoenas; applies for, executes and processes return-of-service search warrants; delivers death and emergency messages in the absence of a supervisor.
• Investigates accidents and administers first aid to victims; assists ambulance, fire department and wrecker personnel with traffic direction as needed; assists medical examiner conduct investigations; requests emergency evacuation and assistance in disasters; provides emergency transportation of medical supplies to elderly and disabled; delivers emergency blood between area hospitals; investigates reports of missing persons and vehicles.
• Transports jail inmates to/from state institutions and to/from court and hospitals when needed; transports mental patients to/from state institutions, committal centers and court; picks-up prisoners extradited from other states.
• Conducts routine tavern checks; checks business doors for security during closed hours; locks the area post office; provides residential security checks for citizens on vacation or other absences from their homes; provides security at railroad derailment sites; assists other agencies in providing protection for visiting dignitaries; responds to alarms such as at banks, businesses, and residences.
• Checks vehicles parked along open roads, determines if they are stolen, and requests a tow if they are a traffic hazard; assists disabled and/or stranded motorists obtain help; conducts vehicle inspections for the public on salvage vehicles.
• Attends contract city council meetings, as required; provides security at university and contract town sporting events and community functions; escorts special events such as bicyclists and runners that pass through the county; provides traffic control for funeral procession; acts in a ceremonial role at events such as parades.
• Fingerprints children for identification purposes; assists juvenile authorities with juvenile offenders and children in need of assistance.
• Attends local, state, and national job related training sessions as may be assigned; implements techniques designed to prevent crime.
• Delivers job related presentations at public speaking engagements for groups such as schools, clubs, citizen’s academy classes, and service organizations; instructs college students and reserve deputies who participate in intern programs.
• Assists other law enforcement agencies conduct investigations; conducts special investigations at the request of the county attorney and ordered by the sheriff; assists in disaster operations.
• Responds and processes animal control complaints in emergency situations or when the animal control officer is not available.
• Provides courtroom security; Appears in court, presents evidence, and testifies in criminal cases.
• Prepares evidence for issuing complaints; serves warrants, subpoenas, and civil process; prepares related reports, testifies in criminal and civil court when called upon.
• Prepares written reports on work related issues such as complaints, investigations and arrests.
• May function in an on-call status as needed; may be required to work day, evening, or night shift, and alternate between shift; may be required to work holidays and weekend.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Ability to read, write and perform basic mathematic calculations which would normally be acquired through secondary education, or through equivalent experience.
• Applicants must successfully pass a physical agility test, written examination and be able to perform strenuous physical tasks under stress.
• An oral interview and background investigation, including driver’s license and criminal history check will be conducted along with the MMPI psychological profile, pre-employment physical, eye examination and hearing test.