Sheriff’s Community Services Officer

Salary: $58,115.20 – $78,291.20 Annually

Position Summary:

Sheriff’s Community Services Officers (CSO) are uniformed personnel that perform various routine law enforcement-related tasks that do not require the authority of a peace officer. A CSO may be required to work either inside a substation or outside in the field. Front desk duties include providing members of the public with information, assisting department personnel with information and equipment requests, registration of sex and arson offenders, and other duties as required. Equipment Room duties include checking in and checking out equipment; generating past due reports; making sure shotguns are in working order; downloading tasers and generating taser download reports; assigning USB PVS keys; researching and making copies of PVS requests for DA’s, sergeants, deputies and Internal Affairs; research and copy PAS log requests; changing out media cards; calling in trouble tickets for MDC repairs; replacing key tags; making new barcodes; replenishing mouth pieces for our PAS devices and assigning lockers among other duties. Through the Community Work Program, the CSO duties include supervising a work crew who does the cleaning and manual labor projects for the substation. Outside field duties include taking reports at traffic accident scenes, coordinating the disposal of abandoned vehicles, issuing citations for parking violations and other infractions, and other duties as assigned. Incumbents will be required to work a variety of rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements:

• One (1) year of experience to include, working in a law enforcement capacity, exposing them to law enforcement activities, radio transmissions, navigational experience (Map or GPS), documentation of activities and the ability to multi-task.
• Education or training which is directly related to these knowledge and abilities may be substituted for up to six (6) months of the required experience, on the basis of two semester units for one month of experience or one hour of training for one hour of experience.
  Possession of a valid Class C California Driver License is required before the date of appointment and while employed in this classification.
• To be selected for a position with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department applicants must not have been convicted of a felony or be on any form of probation and must pass a comprehensive background investigation to satisfaction of Sheriff-Coroner Department.
• Background screening includes completing of a Personal History Form, interview with a background investigator, fingerprinting and may include a polygraph test. Some of the areas considered in the background screening include prior convictions, traffic violations, drug use and credit history, employment history, professional references and education verification (i.e. degree, license, or official transcripts. Foreign degrees require an evaluation of U.S. equivalency by an agency that is a member of the National Association of Credentials Services (N.A.C.E.S.).