Deputy Sheriff

*Announcement open until filled

*Announcement is for Courts Division

Dept/Div: Sheriff’s Office/N/A --- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

General Definition of Work

Performs protective service work enforcing laws, patrolling assigned area, investigating criminal activity, serving civil papers, ensuring safety of the public, testifying in court, maintaining records and files, preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the assigned supervisor.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

On an assigned shift, operates a patrol car to observe for violations of laws, suspicious activities or persons, and disturbances of law and order; examines premises of unoccupied residences or buildings; detects unusual conditions; maintains surveillance and observation for stolen cars, missing persons, or suspects.

Responds to calls for assistance, complaints, suspicious activity, domestic disputes, loud and disruptive behavior; completes calls by determining true nature of the situation and taking whatever legal or persuasive action is warranted.

May be assigned to a county facility, courthouse or public school and have additional duties specific to that assignment.

Investigates minor traffic accidents and reports dangerous or defective streets, roads, signs, and other hazardous conditions.

Serves warrants, summons, subpoenas, court orders, and makes arrests; testifies in court.

Performs investigations of crimes; interviews victims and witnesses; secures property and evidence; investigates property ownership; documents facts and incidents; coordinates and executes evictions.

Makes decisions that may involve life and death issues, which may be situational, at crime scenes and are based on best practices in safety and law enforcement to ensure safety to those directly involved, other officers, and the general public.

Enforces traffic and criminal laws; issues citations for violations; assists motorists.

Provides law enforcement assistance to outside agencies as necessary.

Maintains weapons, vehicle, and equipment in fully functional and presentable condition.

Responds to inquiries from the general public and informs, educates, or directs attention to persons or agencies that can provide assistance beyond the scope of the Deputy’s purview, if required.

Prepares and maintains reports and records; maintains files.

Transports inmates to court, medical, mental health or other appointments as needed; transports prisoners and mental patients to facilities throughout the State.

Encourages and promotes a culture of excellent customer service.

Courts Specific Duties:

Maintains peace, order and security in a courthouse and courtroom.

Ensures the safety of judges and judicial staff, court employees, and the general public visiting the courthouse.

Screens everyone entering the facility to ensure that no weapons or contraband are brought into the courthouse.

Ensures public compliance with building rules.

Monitors security cameras & controls, manages metal detectors & X-ray scanners, watching doorways, roaming a courthouse's hallways to check for suspicious activity, and providing directions.

Maintains order in court by removing disruptive people from the courtroom, or arresting persons on warrants.

Serves civil papers within the facility, handles inmates, transports inmates from jail to court, assist judges, and directs witnesses.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

General knowledge of law enforcement methods, practices, and procedures; general knowledge of the geography of the County and location of important buildings; general knowledge of the rules and regulations of the department; general knowledge of applicable Federal and State laws, rules, and regulations; skill in the use of firearms, chemical agents, weapons of defense, and the operation of a motor vehicle; ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and to prepare clear comprehensive reports; ability to deal courteously, firmly, and tactfully with the public under stressful situations; ability to analyze situations and to adopt quick, effective, and reasonable courses of action with due regard to surrounding hazards and circumstances; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements

This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and reaching with hands and arms, frequently requires standing, walking, sitting and repetitive motions and occasionally requires climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to the risk of electrical shock, working with explosives, exposure to vibration, wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Special Requirements

Possession of Georgia State Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification.

Obtain training in areas of Law Enforcement including firearms, tactical baton, and chemical weapons annually as required by law.

Favorable background history as determined by review of Local, State and Federal records

Valid driver’s license in the State of Georgia with a favorable driving history (MVR)

Last Revised: 1/17/2017