Deputy Sheriff (Certified)

Greenville, GA
Meriwether County Sheriff's Office

Open until filled

Position Summary:

This is general law enforcement work responsible for protecting life and property within Meriwether County; enforcing traffic regulation, state laws and county ordinances; responding to emergency situations, citizens requests for assistance, and alarms; and conducting investigations in response to reported or discovered criminal activity. Work requires independent judgement discretion in difficult or unusual situations. Work involves personal danger.

Essential Functions:

  • Patrols the County to provide a visible deterrent in uniform and in marked cars and to enforce laws and ordinances and protect life and property; monitors commercial and residential areas for signs of criminal activity; patrols for suspicious persons and vehicles.
  • Responds to calls for assistance, disturbance calls, and complaints of crimes; enforces federal, state, and local laws by performing warrant, felony or misdemeanor arrests; protects the civil rights of persons in custody; uses non-deadly and deadly force to protect oneself, other officers, and citizens.
  • Secures and protects crime scenes by establishing boundaries, detaining victims, suspects, and witnesses, locating and identifying evidence, and briefing supervisors and investigators on their arrival.
  • Conducts investigations and interviews to establish probable cause and reasonable suspicion; collects information and determines follow-up actions; presents evidence and testimony in courts of law; assists in prosecuting felony and misdemeanor cases.
  • Serves as first-responder to provide aid and assistance to victims of traffic and other accidents; assists fire and emergency medical services in treating and transporting victims.
  • Conducts searches and seizures in a wide variety of contexts, including frisks incident to an arrest, pursuant to warrant, plain view seizures, emergency conditions and inventories.
  • Performs persons, business, and residential security checks; checks and ensures building/home is secured and reports unsecured buildings.
  • Enforces traffic and parking laws through the issuance of citations and warnings; routinely inspects roadways, bridges, traffic signals, and signs to find and report any hazardous conditions.
  • Assists stranded motorists, crowd control, traffic direction hazardous material emergency assistance; escorts special processions; responds to natural or man-made disasters; and transports prisoners to jail facility.
  • Prepares and maintains a wide variety of departmental records and reports in compliance with departmental and legal policies and procedures; prepares and files thorough written incident reports.
  • Operates and maintains any assigned uniform, vehicle, and equipment in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
  • Gives advise and general information to the public; renders advice on domestic disturbances; assists citizens in need.

Requirements:

  • Valid Georgia driver’s license and satisfactory Motor Vehicle Record.
  • Completion of yearly twenty (20) hours of POST approved training to include one (1) hour of deadly force training and one (1) hour of firearms training.
  • Must be a Certified Peace Officer in good standing with Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.
  • Twenty-one years of age.
  • Citizen of the United States, or qualified to work in the United States. No felony convictions.