Courthouse Security Officer II

Status: Full-time; FLSA: Non-Exempt; Union: Non-Union; Reports to: Sheriff, Civil Process Supervisor, Sheriff's Designee

About the role

The court deputy has dual responsibilities and will divide their work duties between providing security at the courthouse and serving civil paperwork. He/she performs technical work of moderate difficulty enforcing security procedures, maintaining order and protecting life and property at the Alfred Court House for legal, judicial and court personnel, visitors, witnesses and plaintiffs. He/she will also be authorized to assist the Sheriffs Office with the responsibilities of a civil deputy in ensuring the service of a variety of judicial processes to named individuals, partnerships, and corporations which includes summons, complaints, writs, small claims, civil order of arrest, subpoenas, executions, family matter summons, attachments, garnishments, notice to quit, denied protection orders and other civil matters as they are brought forth. As necessary, he/she will perform other related work as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Patrols and observes courtroom and general court facility monitoring for unauthorized activity, problems, and potential problems regarding safety issues with life or property.
• Prevents disturbances, enforces court, county, and state policies and laws. Responds to requests for security and takes appropriate action.
• Arrests individuals as necessary for situations involving contempt of court or unlawful behaviors; detain individuals, as necessary.
• Inspects packages for safety reasons to ensure weapons and inappropriate distractions do not enter the court.
• Consults with other court personnel and law agencies to obtain or supply information in preparation for orderly, lawful, and safe proceedings.
• Trains other personnel regarding courtroom security.
• Prepares and submits reports of security incidents, court room security, policies, and procedures.
• Provide a visual, armed security presence, to the public and courthouse personnel.
• Enforce federal, state, and municipal laws, court orders, warrants and policies while in the performance of assigned duties. Including (but not limited to) detaining any person attempting to gain unauthorized access to county property, or a court proceeding(s) or attempting to commit acts that imperil the safety and security of county employees, property, and the public.
• Provide customer service to staff and visitors by greeting, assisting with ingress/egress and security related issues.
• Direct people traffic within and outside court facilities.
• Point of contact for County Customer Service representatives.
• Operate security equipment such as X-ray machines, magnetometers, and hand wands to screen for prohibitive items.
• Maintains assigned firearms, and other equipment.
• Serves as the point of contact for the State Court Marshalls Office.
• Other duties may be assigned from time to time by the Sheriff Management Team.
• Accept and return phone calls required to complete assigned paperwork.
• Submit all invoiced paperwork to appropriate parti es in a timely manner.
• Review contents of each process document received and determine methods for legally servicing to named individuals and/or businesses in accordance with State, County and Municipal statutes.
• Performs research and basic investigative work in

Pay

\$27.00/hr