Deputy Sheriff Lateral

Salary: $32.00 – $43.75 Hourly

Position Summary:

Are you a current law enforcement officer looking for a new challenge? Are you motivated by the opportunity to expand your knowledge and experience in protecting and serving your community? Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is seeking passionate individuals to join our team as a Deputy Sheriff. In this role, high importance is placed on ensuring public safety is provided and maintained by an individual who takes pride in their work and considers the impact of their actions on an individual, team and organizational level.

Requirements:

• Possess current/active AZ POST Certification.
• Or, have served as a certified peace officer in another state or federal agency
• Be an effective communicator, even in the most challenging of situations.
• Care about the safety and well-being of others.
• Respect all individuals regardless of background or socio-economic status.
• Embrace the concepts of integrity, accountability and transparency as core values.
• Collaborate with team members, supervisors and managers to forward the mission and vision of MCSO.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be twenty-one (21) years of age at time of application. Individuals with lapsed Arizona POST certification, and those who have served as a certified peace officer in another state or federal agency, may apply.
• To be considered, such otherwise qualified individuals must be eligible to gain Arizona POST certification through Waiver Testing or successful completion of a basic academy.
• The Arizona POST waiver process consists of meeting all minimum qualifications for certification as an Arizona Peace Officer including successful completion of a written exam, driving proficiency, firearms qualification, and the POPAT (Download PDF reader) (Police Officer Physical Agility Test), administered by Arizona POST, within sixty (60) days of hire.
• Whether to send an applicant through a basic academy again or allow an applicant to pursue the Waiver Process is at the discretion of the Sheriff.