Deputy Sheriff, Jail

Salary: $61,193.60 – $69,180.80 Annually

Position Summary:

Under general supervision, this position has the primary responsibility of and is entrusted to provide safe and secure custody of and humane treatment of those persons incarcerated by law enforcement and Courts in the Kootenai County Jail. To accomplish this role, a person in this position must be capable of performing a wide range of duties, including; physically subduing and/or restraining violent subjects and defending themselves, fellow employees and incarcerated individuals against assaults by individuals or multiple assailants, using inter-personal and team skills to carry out intake, detention, care, and release of inmates in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures of the department and of the Rules of the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, Idaho Jail Standards, and Constitutional requirements.

Essential Functions:

• Supervises all prisoner activities inside and outside the facility and during visitation, medical and psychological evaluations and treatment, court appearances, attorney meetings, and other meetings as required or provided by law;
• Addresses incidents as first responder during riots, injuries, in-custody deaths including suicides and murders, maintaining the crime scene per Idaho Code;
• Establishes a rapport of caregiver and counselor with prisoners in order to manage behavioral and attitudinal issues as well as to deliver disciplinary action for misconduct;
• Provides one-on-one counseling with inmates regarding behavioral issues, personal safety concerns, suicide threats, injury threats to self and/or others, disciplinary action, and accountability for actions by the inmate;
• Enters and retrieves data from various computer systems, questions inmates to gather data necessary to process and book inmates; builds, maintains and updates physical and electronic records; interprets and updates bailiff sheets and court orders.
• Responds to telephone inquiries and/or greets the public, law enforcement personnel, and other members of the criminal justice system, directing them to the appropriate personnel.
• Enters and locates law enforcement related data from various local, state and national computer systems.
• Sends and receives information with local, regional, state and national law enforcement or related agencies by telephone, fax and NCIC/ILETS law enforcement computer systems.
• Receives bail money and bonds; enters and disperses money from inmate accounts.
• Communicates, in written and verbal form, general information and verifies information for and with a wide variety of people, including law enforcement officers, dispatchers, courts, attorneys, the public, and inmates.
• Maintains and tracks Court Ordered inmate treatment and school releases.
• Operates security doors from a touch panel computer system as assigned.
• Observes, corrects, and reports security concerns to supervisor.
• Verifies warrants as requested by law enforcement personnel.
• Performs cell checks in Booking and records condition and behavior of inmates.
• Maintains organization of inmate property in the Property Room; tracks personal property of inmates sentenced to State Prison and coordinates the release and disposition of State inmate property.
• Books arrestees, photographs and accurately fingerprints prisoners, and inventories, stores and enters prisoner property on computer entry;
• Classifies and houses prisoners based on nature of the crime of the inmate, court orders, medical and psychological condition, sexual preference, disposition, and prior records, provides hearings for due process during disciplinary action and determines final action toward inmate infraction, records the infraction and process used and the outcome arrived at and passes on information to shift Sergeant for briefing;
• Interprets, understands, and upholds court procedures and processes regarding types and classification of bonds, court orders, and bail procedures, court proceedings as they pertain to the classification and handling of the inmate, transition to probation, rights and responsibilities of attorneys, and initiation and serving of court ordered warrants;
• Updates electronic and manual prisoner files including classification, medical condition, and in accordance with court orders;
• Communicates to the inmates and ensures that the facility rules and policies are followed and that the appropriate disciplinary action is taken when these rules are not followed using due-process;
• Communicates with the courts, the public, and with other law enforcement agencies in regards to inmate status and condition;
• Delivers regularly scheduled meals;
• Ensures hygienic and healthful conditions are maintained;
• Provides timely transport for a variety of out-of-facility prisoner appointments and escorts prisoners within the facility and transports them to and from outside commitments;
• Maintains timely and significant communication with prisoners in order to deal with legitimate prisoner/inmate concerns;
• Performs facility perimeter checks for the purpose of detecting security breaches, trespassers, unsecure buildings and vehicles and suspicious persons, items or circumstances.
• Conducts random checks for contraband;
• Pats and strip searches prisoners, collects urine samples for drug screening inmates for court and Work Release;
• Reports and handles disciplinary problems, writes incident reports;
• Provides witness testimony as required by the court;
• Assesses, observes, and attends to suicidal, mentally ill, and anti social prisoners;
• Attends to juvenile prisoners who are excessively violent and unable to be housed in the Juvenile Detention Center or who are ordered by the courts to be handled as an adult in the Sheriff’s jail;
• Investigates prisoner complaints and rule violations
• Executes court, Governor’s, and arrest warrants and extradites inmates in all States.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); Certificate in Detention from a professional;/technical school (P.O.S.T.) must be obtained within one year of hire; and a minimum of 12 months work experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Possess or has the ability to obtain a valid driver’s license and be insurable; valid First Aid card and CPR certification.
• Must be able to obtain and hold an Idaho P.O.S.T. Level I Certificate by successfully completing the Idaho P.O.S.T. Detention Academy, Jail Training Officer Program, and required in-house training and qualification sessions.
• Must be able to become ILETS certified in NCIC terminal operation and use the Spillman system, county email, digital photo system and the Livescan fingerprint system. Proficiency in using video equipment and the video interface between court and the PSB for first court appearances. OC pepper spray certification and certification in using and carrying Department approved lethal and less lethal weapons are required. Must maintain P.O.S.T. certification standards and weapons certification semi-annually.