Patrol Deputy – Oregon DPSST Certified Police Officer

Madras Oregon, OR
Jefferson County Sheriff

Salary
$61,491.60 – $87,341.04 Annually

Positions require applicants must currently be a certified police officer within the State of Oregon and must have worked full time, for at least one year within the last five years, as a certified police officer.  Out-of-state applicants must be able to obtain reciprocity of certification granted by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training as a Law Enforcement Officer.

Essential Duties

  • Serves to preserve the public peace; protect life and property; prevent crime; arrest violators of the law.
  • Patrols roads, highways and business areas in assigned area, in the enforcement of traffic and criminal laws; responds to a variety of misdemeanor and felony reports.
  • Investigates automobile accidents and crimes and makes reports; administers first-aid as needed; conducts investigations and interrogations, identify, collect, process evidence, takes photographs, and takes statements.
  • Trains other employees in specific areas of expertise.  Familiarizes new employees in departmental policies and procedures, the geographical and cultural characteristics of the assigned area, and methods used in various situations.
  • Ready at all times to answer calls, render assistance to the public and obey the orders of supervisors.
  • Protects the rights of those persons with whom there is contact, as provided in the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the State of Oregon and the County.
  • Accountable for the good order of assigned duty area.
  • Pays careful attention to dispatches and to orders and instructions issued by supervisor.
  • Secures names, address and such other information that is necessary to complete required police reports.
  • Familiar with the County, including the routes of bus lines, the location of streets, public buildings and points of interest, courts, transportation offices and depots, highways and boundaries thereof and the County; the boundaries of and location of City, County and State institutions, to provide helpful information and assistance.

Physical Abilities: 

  • Must be 21 years old.
  • Requires sufficient hand/eye coordination to operate sheriff equipment, weapons and apparatus
  • Visual acuity necessary for performing tasks including normal color discrimination
  • Ambulatory ability to walk, climb, run, and carry or move inanimate objects up to 60 pounds
  • Subdue resistive or combative individual
  • Speech and auditory abilities sufficient to carry on conversations and project voice among large crowds
  • Sufficient hand/eye coordination to operate a computer keyboard and recognize words and numbers
  • Abilities as prescribed by the Board of Public Safety Standards and Training
  • Free of any physical, emotional or mental condition that may affect job performance

Education and Experience: 

Must currently be a certified police officer within the State of Oregon and must have worked full time, for at least one year within the last five years, as a certified police officer.  Out-of-state applicants must be able to obtain reciprocity of certification granted by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training as a Law Enforcement Officer.

Licenses/Certificates/Background: 

  • Valid Oregon driver’s license
  • Current Basic, Intermediate or Advanced DPSST certification as a police officer
  • Position requires comprehensive post-offer physical, psychological, criminal and background check
  • Free from the conviction of a crime other than a minor traffic violation
  • Honorable discharge from the military