Deputy Sheriff/(Detention)

Franklin, TN
Williamson County Sheriff

Salary: $25.36 per hour.

Essential Functions:

  • Overseeing the care and well-being of inmates
  • Ensuring the security of the facility
  • Managing critical incidents within the facility
  • Monitoring inmate movement and completing security rounds throughout the facility
  • Conducting searches of cells, inmates, and visitors
  • Prepare and submit appropriate criminal, disciplinary, and internal incident reports
  • Oversee meal pass, medication pass, and any other programs as needed
  • Providing security and conducting inmate related transports
  • Assisting with the inmate booking processing
  • Conducting investigations and completing reports related to the incidents
  • Keeping accurate logs of the day’s activities

Requirements:

  • Must be at least 18 years of age and a citizen of the United States.
  • Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Must not have been convicted of, plead guilty to, or entered a plea of nolo contender to a felony charge or to any violation of any federal or state laws or municipal ordinances related to force, violence, theft, dishonesty, gambling, liquor or controlled substances
  • If prior/current military, must have an honorable or equivalent discharge on file
  • Must successfully pass a Functional Fitness Test (FFT).
  • Must successfully pass a drug screen.
  • Must successfully pass a psychological assessment.
  • Must successfully pass a polygraph exam.
  • Applicants must be able to work various days and shifts.