Deputy Sheriff

Salary: $32.05 per hour.

Closing Date: April 11, 2025.

Position Summary:

Deputy Sheriffs perform a wide variety of duties connected with generalized police work. Assigned duties are performed in accordance with state statutes and departmental rules and regulations. Immediate supervision is received from a Sergeant or other superior officer. The Deputy Sheriff is expected to exercise independent judgment and initiative when faced with emergency situations. The work involves an element of danger.

Essential Functions:

• Patrol roads and highways in marked patrol squads
• Respond to and investigate calls for service, reports of crime, and traffic accidents
• Assist in providing search and rescue operations
• Ensure public safety through enforcement of federal, state, and local laws
• Securely transport persons in custody to and from court and other locations
• Serve or deliver warrants and other court-related paperwork and civil process
• Subdue, control, and detain aggressive individuals involved in physical confrontations
• Prepare accurate and concise reports

Requirements:

• Must be a citizen of the United States
• Must be not less than twenty and a half (20 ½) years of age at time of application and not less than twenty-one (21) years of age upon date of hire
• May not have been convicted at any time of a felony, unless the judgment or conviction has been reversed
• Must possess a valid, non-probationary driver’s license
• During the time period beginning on the date three (3) years immediately preceding the date of the entrance examination and continuing to the date of appointment, may not have been convicted of any single violation equivalent to more than four (4) points and have accumulated no more than the equivalent of six (6) points, as assessed by the State of Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles
• A minimum of sixty college-level credits from an accredited institution.
• A two-year Associate Degree from an accredited institution; or
• Certification by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board (LESB); or
• High school diploma or equivalent.