Detention Officer

Annapolis, MD
Anne Arundel County Sheriff

Salary: $54,001.00 – $100,456.00 Annually

Closing Date: 3/27/2025

Essential Functions:

  • Responding to highly stressful, hostile, and dangerous situations, quickly addressing the situation, and taking action to reduce the danger and hostility. Specific situations include but are not limited to fire suppression, bomb threats, hazardous chemical spills, power outages, and inmate disturbances.
  • Subduing inmates engaged in physical altercations, controlling uncooperative individuals both orally and, when necessary, through physical restraint.
  • Responding to medical emergencies pending the arrival of medical personnel; securing the scene; and performing first aid.
  • Safe operation of a motor vehicle during day and night time hours and in all types of weather for the purpose of transporting inmates to court, medical appointments, hospitals, and work sites.
  • Work requires overtime, shift work, and standby, when necessary.
  • Qualify, after training, with firearms (handgun and shotgun).
  • Qualify, after training, in self-defense skills.
  • Completion of written reports.
  • Use of radio to communicate.
  • Overt, as well as, casual observation of people, places and things during day and night and in all types of weather while working a post in the facility, performing inmate supervision at an off-site location or in a vehicle while performing inmate transportation duties.
  • Hear and recognize sounds and voices associated with emergency situations and take proper measures to respond and react to audio information.
  • Performs related work as required.

Requirements:

  • Graduation from high school/GED.
  • Minimum age of 18 at the time of appointment and a valid non-commercial motor vehicle operator’s license.