Deputy Sheriff Cadet

Florence, AZ
Pinal County Sheriff

Salary: $62,400.00 Annually

Closing Date: 1/31/2025

Position Summary:

This is a training position that is under close supervision. Incumbents performs tasks through formal and informal training programs to learn and perform responsibilities of an Arizona peace officer which include interacting with a diverse population, exercising problem solving skills, maintaining public order, preventing crime, enforcing laws and ordinances, conducting investigations, making arrests, issuing summonses/citations and warnings, and assisting the public. This is an Entry/Trainee position, which works under close supervision.

Essential Functions:

  • Attends and obtains Certification by the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST) academy to learn the principles, methods and techniques employed by the Deputy Sheriff class.
  • Attends in and out door training sessions for preparation as a Deputy Sheriff.
  • Learn federal, state, and local traffic and criminal laws.
  • Learn proper work habits, appearance, and interpersonal skills.
  • Learns to drive a motor vehicle under normal and emergency conditions safely.
  • Learns to demonstrate command presence in conflict situations.
  • Learns use of various firearms and first aide methods.
  • Participate in a physical fitness program to develop the physical skills for the job.
  • Learns to write clear, comprehensive and accurate reports, legibly and with correct grammar and spelling.
  • Performs tasks employing patrol methods, community relations, courtroom procedures, finger-printing, report preparation, physical agility and strength formation, and other law enforcement related duties commensurate with attained skills.
  • Performs other duties, including housekeeping duties as requested or assigned.
  • Maintain absolute confidentiality of work-related issues, customer records, and restricted County information.
  • Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements:

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Must be a minimum of twenty-one (21) years of age, a United States Citizen, and demonstrate the ability to successfully complete written, psychological, polygraph, physical or stress test, pre-employment drug and alcohol screening and background examinations.
  • One (1) year of satisfactory work experience.
  • Valid Arizona State Driver’s License.
  • Must pass a thorough background investigation.
  • Within one (1) year of hire, must complete the peace officer’s basic course and be certified by the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board.
  • Must lift and drag a 165-pound dummy 32 feet.
  • A 99-yard obstacle course with sharp turns, curb height obstacles, and a 34-inch high obstacle to vault
  • A chain-link fence to climb over and run through
  • A solid fence to climb over and run through
  • A 500-yard run