Deputy Sheriff Bailiff

About the role

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is seeking current peace officers for the position of Deputy Sheriff Bailiff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain security and order in the courtroom and court premises.
• Preserve order among participants and spectators during court proceedings.
• Enforce courtroom rules of behavior.
• Escort the jury to and from areas outside the courtroom and act as a liaison for jurors during court sessions and deliberations.
• Prepare incarcerated persons for court and release, escort them to and from court, and guard them while in court.
• Assist judges as needed.
• Call participants to the stand.
• Provide information to the public and participants during court proceedings regarding court procedures, customs, and regulations.
• Collect and retain unauthorized firearms, weapons, and other contraband from persons entering the courtroom.
• Potentially restrain incarcerated persons.
• Potentially arrest individuals violating laws during proceedings.
• Potentially testify in court.
• Serve legal papers such as subpoenas, summonses, complaints, writs of attachment, execution, and restitution.
• Supervise incarcerated persons at detention facilities and in court holding areas.
• Transport jail inmates when security requires an armed peace officer.
• Prepare crime and/or incident reports.
• Serve arrest and bench warrants.
• Prepare records and reports relating to the business of the courts and/or the Sheriff’s Office.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience as a peace officer.
• Valid California Basic POST Certificate.

Qualifications

• Education: A high school graduate or passing the General Education Development (GED) test or other high school equivalency test approved by CDE, or completion of at least 60 college units from an accredited or approved institution to apply.
• Certificate: As required by the State of California, incumbents at this level must possess a valid California Basic POST Certificate.
• Knowledge of: Civil laws, codes, ordinances, and recent court decisions; principles and practices of law enforcement, criminal investigation, and basic psychology; rules of evidence, laws of arrest and court procedure.
• Skills/Ability to: Apply principles and techniques of community organization; speak effectively to diverse audiences, including client, professional, civic and citizen groups; maintain cooperative working relationships with other program managers and staff, other agencies, and the community; enlist and mobilize community support for programs; prepare complex and detailed written reports, program policies, and procedures; speak, read, and write fluently in English.
• Licensure: Possession of a Class C California driver license or equivalent.