Deputy Sheriff 1/Deputy Sheriff

About the role

This recruitment is for full-time, non-exempt Deputy Sheriff 1 and Deputy Sheriff positions at the Carson City Sheriff's Office. The positions perform law enforcement and crime prevention work, including enforcing state and local laws, performing administrative tasks, preserving the peace, detaining and interviewing violators, apprehending suspects, responding to assistance calls, and caring for inmates in the Detention Center.

Responsibilities

• Aids with the operation of jail facilities, including court transportation, classification, booking, release, medical treatment, meals, exercise, personal hygiene, and supervision of inmates.
• Assists and interacts with other Sheriff’s Office personnel, other City and outside law enforcement organizations, and businesses to accomplish tasks; maintains the integrity, professionalism, attitudes, positive values, and goals of the Sheriff’s Office by ensuring all rules and regulations are followed.
• Identifies, attends, and/or conducts training, educational programs, and seminars; participates and presents preventive education and information through community and school awareness projects.
• Patrols and provides security for assigned areas, looking for illegal, hazardous, and suspicious activities and persons; provides scene security and protection for emergency personnel; operates Office vehicles safely, maintains and cleans Office vehicles; pursues and arrests law violators and criminals.
• Enforces local, state, and federal laws and enforces compliance with regulations and ordinances; maintains traffic enforcement through traffic stops via warnings and citations; investigates traffic accidents.
• Responds to emergency and non-emergency calls for service; interrogates suspects, communicates with victims, witnesses, and suspects; identifies and collects evidence; completes detailed reports and paperwork using good English grammar and spelling; performs search and surveillance duties.
• Represents the Office at court hearings and testifies in court cases; serves arrest and search warrants; serves and enforces child and adult orders of protection.

Requirements

• Deputy Sheriff: Equivalent to a high school education or GED; AND certification by a Nevada P.O.S.T. police training academy, Category I and/or Category III certification at time of hire.
• Deputy Sheriff 1, Non-POST Certified: Equivalent to a high school education or GED; and certification by a Nevada P.O.S.T. police training academy, Category I & Category III within 18 months of employment.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: As per the requirements mentioned above.
• Knowledge: Principles and techniques of public relations, city, state, and federal laws, statutes, ordinances, and court decisions related to police activities, criminal investigation principles, practices, and techniques, weaponry and associated safety practices, safety and security policies and procedures, first aid and basic CPR methods, city geography, standard office practices and procedures, including filing and the operation of standard office equipment, communicating effectively in oral and written forms, techniques for dealing with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, in person and over the telephone.
• Skills: Analyzing situations quickly and objectively, determining proper course of action under emergency conditions, working with individuals who have mental health issues, coping with adverse situations firmly, courteously, and with respect for individual rights, using lethal and non-lethal tools, crime scene preservation and collection of evidence, operating vehicle safely and effectively in normal and emergency situations, traversing terrain safely, understanding and carrying out oral and written instructions, preparing clear, concise, and accurate reports, reading, writing, and speaking Spanish preferred but not required, treating people with dignity and respect, establishing effective working relationships with departmental personnel, public law enforcement agencies, community groups, and general public.

Benefits

The recruitment process will include a written test, an oral interview, a physical agility test, a background investigation, a physical and psychological examination, and a Voice Stress Analysis examination. An eligibility list is being established with this recruitment. All candidates who apply for this position will automatically be placed on an eligibility list for six (6) months, and may be considered for any future vacancies within that time period.

Pay

• Deputy Sheriff 1, Non-POST Certified: Salary range: $26.4787 - $27.5379 per hour; $55,075.80 - $57,278.78 annually.
• Deputy Sheriff: Salary range: $30.8456 - $39.0294 per hour; $64,158.90 - $81,181.10 annually.

Schedule

Details about the schedule will be provided in the hiring process.

Examples of Duties

This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbents may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

Supervision Received and Exercised

Under general supervision - incumbents at this level are given assignments and objectives that are governed by specifically outlined work methods and a sequence of steps, which are explained in general terms. The responsibility for achieving the work objectives, however, rests with a superior. Immediate supervision is not consistent, but checks are integrated into work processes and/or reviews are frequent enough to ensure compliance with instructions.

Physical Demands & Working Environment

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Conditions of Employment

• All new employees are at-will and serve a probationary period of twelve (12) months. Such employees are not subject to the collective bargaining agreement and may be laid off or discharged during this period for any reason, or no reason. Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
• Any City employee may be required to stay at or return to work during emergencies to perform duties specific to this classification or to perform other duties as requested in an assigned response position.
• This may require working a non-traditional work schedule or working outside normal assigned duties during the incident and/or emergency.
• Candidates invited to submit to each of the above-stated examinations/investigations and who fail any one or all of the examinations/investigations will not be hired and will be removed from the eligibility list.
• Employment is contingent upon passing each of the investigations/examinations.
• Carson City participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each applicant’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
• All candidates who are offered employment with Carson City must complete Section 1 of the Form I-9 along with the required proof of their right to work in the United States and proof of their identity prior to starting employment.