Deputy Sheriff II - Lateral
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We must use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we need to strip out things like "Visit our Personnel Bureau website or contact us..." etc. Also "Please visit About www.sonomacountyconnections.org..." etc. Also "Salary is negotiable within the established range." That's pay info, keep. "Benefits described herein do not represent a contract..." that's legal boilerplate, remove. "Additional information can be found in the Deputy Sheriffs' Association (DSA MOU) and our Employee Benefits Directory." remove. "Bilingual positions require English and Spanish skills..." that's part of benefits? Actually it's a note about bilingual premium pay; we can keep as part of Benefits or Requirements? It's a detail about bilingual premium pay; we can keep in Benefits maybe. But it's not boilerplate; it's specific. We'll keep.
We need to ensure we don't include application instructions like "APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS REQUIRE THE SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE BE COMPLETED." etc. Those are application instructions, must remove. Also "Please visit Getting a Job with the County of Sonoma..." remove. Also "OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS" section maybe part of Requirements? It's about out-of-state applicants needing BCW. That's substantive; we can keep under Requirements or Qualifications. But it's not application instructions; it's eligibility criteria. So keep.
We must not include duplicated lines. We'll need to deduplicate.
Let's extract content.
Original posting sections:
- Position Information: "The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office seeks qualified law enforcement officers. Join our team in beautiful Sonoma County as a Deputy Sheriff II! STARTING SALARY UP TO $67.42/HOUR ($140,713/YEAR)*, a generous benefits package, including wellness and professional development funds, and opportunities for premium pay assignments. Candidates with English/Spanish bilingual skills and out-of-state applicants are encouraged to apply!"
- Benefits: list (Salary Advancement, Additional premiums, Bilingual Premium Pay*, Paid Time Off, County Paid Health Premium Contributions, Staff Development/Wellness Pay, Post-Retirement Health Reimbursement Arrangement, Retirement, Paid Parental Leave, Student Loan Debt Relief).
- Do You Meet the Criteria? criteria: Possess a California POST Basic Certificate, which includes at least one (1) year of recent, full-time paid experience as a Law Enforcement Officer with a city, county, state, or federal police agency; OR Are out-of-state* law enforcement officers possessing a California POST Basic Course Waiver (BCW), and at least one (1) year of recent, full-time paid experience as a Law Enforcement Officer with a city, county, state, or federal police agency. Out-of-state applicants are encouraged to apply. In order to qualify for this position, applicants must obtain a California POST BCW prior to applying. Corrections experience is not applicable.
- Working in the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office: description of duties, patrol, etc. Includes: "In the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Sheriff IIs patrol assigned areas, serve warrants, make arrests, and assist in preliminary criminal investigations. The patrol force operates out of the main office of the Sheriff's Office in Santa Rosa, two substations located in Guerneville, and the Sonoma Valley, as well as two contracted police stations in the Town of Windsor (Windsor Police Department) and the City of Sonoma (Sonoma Police Department). Currently, patrol shifts are based on either a 4-day, 10-hour or a 3-day, 12-hour work day. Deputies can be assigned to various work areas including: patrol, civil bureau, personnel, coroner, investigations, prisoner transport, helicopter, marine unit, and court security. They are required to work all shifts and overtime, including nights, weekends, and holidays. A variety of specialty assignments are also available in the Sheriff's Office. Assignments such as explosive ordinance detail, SWAT team, tactical response team, hostage negotiator, training officer, dog handler, helicopter observer, internal affairs investigator, background investigators, and detective assignments within a variety of investigative units. Specialty assignments are made on a "most qualified" basis and are entitled to premium pay."
- Ideal Candidates Skills: "The Sheriff's Office is eager to recruit and develop Deputy Sheriffs who have exceptional interpersonal and problem-solving skills in order to effectively interact with our diverse community, work independently, and make appropriate decisions during times of emergencies and in the midst of stressful situations. Additionally, the most qualified candidates will bring: A Basic P.O.S.T certificateOne or more years of experience working patrol for another agencyKnowledge of California lawsExperience testifying in a court of lawSome knowledge of Sonoma County and demographics"
- We Want to Hear from You! (application instructions) - remove.
- When you join the County of Sonoma, you'll have the freedom to explore the beauty of our county - its picturesque coastline, majestic redwoods, historic towns, fine dining, award winning wineries, and a wide variety of entertainment and cultural activities. Please visit About www.sonomacountyconnections.org and www.santarosachamber.com for additional information about the community. (This is promotional, maybe not substantive? It's about community; could be considered part of About the role? Might be considered fluff but it's substantive about community. However it's not directly about the job. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not legal/EEO. It's about community benefits. Could keep as part of About the role? But it's more like extra info. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is not those. It's promotional but maybe keep as part of About the role? However we already have About the role section; we could include this as prose. But it's not directly about the role. Might be considered filler but not prohibited. The instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." This is thin. Might be better to omit. I'd lean to omit because it's not essential job info. But it's not explicitly prohibited. However to be safe, I'd omit it as it's not directly about job duties/requirements/benefits/pay/schedule. The instruction says "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." This is substantive about community but not about job. Might be considered extra. I'd keep it under About the role? Might be okay. But to keep sections minimal, I'd omit.
- Salary is negotiable within the established range. Benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice. Additional information can be found in the Deputy Sheriffs' Association (DSA MOU) and our Employee Benefits Directory . (remove legal boilerplate)
- Bilingual positions require English and Spanish skills at either the basic (conversational) or fluent (reading, writing, and conversational) level. A bilingual examination will be conducted prior to employment to confirm level of skill. The bilingual premium pay begins upon the assignment of a bilingual caseload. The Civil Service title for this position is Deputy Sheriff II. (This is substantive about bilingual premium pay and title; we can include in Benefits or Requirements? It's about bilingual premium pay details; we can keep in Benefits.)
- APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS REQUIRE THE SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE BE COMPLETED. (remove)
- Minimum Qualifications Experience: One year of recent, full-time paid experience as a law enforcement officer with a city, county, state or federal police agency. Education: Graduation from high school or possession of an acceptable General Education Development Certificate. Special Qualifications: Possession of the P.O.S.T. basic certificate. Law enforcement experience performing patrol functions is highly desirable. License: Possession of a valid California driver's license and a good driving record. Background Requirement: Incumbents shall not have been convicted of a felony in this state or any other state or in any federal jurisdiction, or of any offense in any other state or in any federal jurisdiction, which would have been a felony If committed in this state, nor be under current formal probation supervision. Citizenship Requirement: Permanent resident aliens who wish to be employed as peace officers must apply for citizenship at least one year before application for such employment. If a permanent resident alien has not obtained citizenship within three years after application for employment or is denied citizenship, he or she shall be disqualified for peace officer status. (This is substantive qualifications.)
- Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: list of knowledge and abilities. (This is substantive; could be Skills or Requirements.)
- Selection Procedure & Some Helpful Tips When Applying (application instructions) remove.
- OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS: The Sheriff's Office encourages out-of-state applicants. However, in order to qualify for this position, they must obtain a California POST Basic Course Waiver (BCW) to meet California's Regular Basic Course Training requirements. The BCW process is for individuals who want to become California peace officers, and have completed at least 664 hours of general law enforcement training (including a general law enforcement basic course of at least 200 hours). Once the BCW process is successfully completed, the applicant receives a waiver of the California Basic Course. For more information visit http://post.ca.gov/basic-course-waiver-process.aspx . If you are in possession of a BCW, please attach a copy to your application materials. (This is substantive about out-of-state eligibility; we can include in Requirements.)
- BACKGROUND PROCESS: description of background investigation. (This is substantive about hiring process; maybe not needed but could be part of Requirements? It's about background check; could be considered part of Requirements? Might be considered procedural; but it's substantive info about what they check. Could include under Requirements as part of background requirement. However we already have Background Requirement in Minimum Qualifications. This section repeats similar info. Might be duplicate; we can deduplicate.
We need to avoid duplication. So we will combine similar info.
Let's plan sections:
About the
for prose. We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we need to strip out things like "Visit our Personnel Bureau website or contact us..." etc. Also "Please visit About www.sonomacountyconnections.org..." etc. Also "Salary is negotiable within the established range." That's pay info, keep. "Benefits described herein do not represent a contract..." that's legal boilerplate, remove. "Additional information can be found in the Deputy Sheriffs' Association (DSA MOU) and our Employee Benefits Directory." remove. "Bilingual positions require English and Spanish skills..." that's part of benefits? Actually it's a note about bilingual premium pay; we can keep as part of Benefits or Requirements? It's a detail about bilingual premium pay; we can keep in Benefits maybe. But it's not boilerplate; it's specific. We'll keep. We need to ensure we don't include application instructions like "APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS REQUIRE THE SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE BE COMPLETED." etc. Those are application instructions, must remove. Also "Please visit Getting a Job with the County of Sonoma..." remove. Also "OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS" section maybe part of Requirements? It's about out-of-state applicants needing BCW. That's substantive; we can keep under Requirements or Qualifications. But it's not application instructions; it's eligibility criteria. So keep. We must not include duplicated lines. We'll need to deduplicate. Let's extract content. Original posting sections: - Position Information: "The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office seeks qualified law enforcement officers. Join our team in beautiful Sonoma County as a Deputy Sheriff II! STARTING SALARY UP TO $67.42/HOUR ($140,713/YEAR)*, a generous benefits package, including wellness and professional development funds, and opportunities for premium pay assignments. Candidates with English/Spanish bilingual skills and out-of-state applicants are encouraged to apply!" - Benefits: list (Salary Advancement, Additional premiums, Bilingual Premium Pay*, Paid Time Off, County Paid Health Premium Contributions, Staff Development/Wellness Pay, Post-Retirement Health Reimbursement Arrangement, Retirement, Paid Parental Leave, Student Loan Debt Relief). - Do You Meet the Criteria? criteria: Possess a California POST Basic Certificate, which includes at least one (1) year of recent, full-time paid experience as a Law Enforcement Officer with a city, county, state, or federal police agency; OR Are out-of-state* law enforcement officers possessing a California POST Basic Course Waiver (BCW), and at least one (1) year of recent, full-time paid experience as a Law Enforcement Officer with a city, county, state, or federal police agency. Out-of-state applicants are encouraged to apply. In order to qualify for this position, applicants must obtain a California POST BCW prior to applying. Corrections experience is not applicable. - Working in the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office: description of duties, patrol, etc. Includes: "In the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Sheriff IIs patrol assigned areas, serve warrants, make arrests, and assist in preliminary criminal investigations. The patrol force operates out of the main office of the Sheriff's Office in Santa Rosa, two substations located in Guerneville, and the Sonoma Valley, as well as two contracted police stations in the Town of Windsor (Windsor Police Department) and the City of Sonoma (Sonoma Police Department). Currently, patrol shifts are based on either a 4-day, 10-hour or a 3-day, 12-hour work day. Deputies can be assigned to various work areas including: patrol, civil bureau, personnel, coroner, investigations, prisoner transport, helicopter, marine unit, and court security. They are required to work all shifts and overtime, including nights, weekends, and holidays. A variety of specialty assignments are also available in the Sheriff's Office. Assignments such as explosive ordinance detail, SWAT team, tactical response team, hostage negotiator, training officer, dog handler, helicopter observer, internal affairs investigator, background investigators, and detective assignments within a variety of investigative units. Specialty assignments are made on a "most qualified" basis and are entitled to premium pay." - Ideal Candidates Skills: "The Sheriff's Office is eager to recruit and develop Deputy Sheriffs who have exceptional interpersonal and problem-solving skills in order to effectively interact with our diverse community, work independently, and make appropriate decisions during times of emergencies and in the midst of stressful situations. Additionally, the most qualified candidates will bring: A Basic P.O.S.T certificateOne or more years of experience working patrol for another agencyKnowledge of California lawsExperience testifying in a court of lawSome knowledge of Sonoma County and demographics" - We Want to Hear from You! (application instructions) - remove. - When you join the County of Sonoma, you'll have the freedom to explore the beauty of our county - its picturesque coastline, majestic redwoods, historic towns, fine dining, award winning wineries, and a wide variety of entertainment and cultural activities. Please visit About www.sonomacountyconnections.org and www.santarosachamber.com for additional information about the community. (This is promotional, maybe not substantive? It's about community; could be considered part of About the role? Might be considered fluff but it's substantive about community. However it's not directly about the job. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not legal/EEO. It's about community benefits. Could keep as part of About the role? But it's more like extra info. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is not those. It's promotional but maybe keep as part of About the role? However we already have About the role section; we could include this as prose. But it's not directly about the role. Might be considered filler but not prohibited. The instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." This is thin. Might be better to omit. I'd lean to omit because it's not essential job info. But it's not explicitly prohibited. However to be safe, I'd omit it as it's not directly about job duties/requirements/benefits/pay/schedule. The instruction says "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." This is substantive about community but not about job. Might be considered extra. I'd keep it under About the role? Might be okay. But to keep sections minimal, I'd omit. - Salary is negotiable within the established range. Benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice. Additional information can be found in the Deputy Sheriffs' Association (DSA MOU) and our Employee Benefits Directory . (remove legal boilerplate) - Bilingual positions require English and Spanish skills at either the basic (conversational) or fluent (reading, writing, and conversational) level. A bilingual examination will be conducted prior to employment to confirm level of skill. The bilingual premium pay begins upon the assignment of a bilingual caseload. The Civil Service title for this position is Deputy Sheriff II. (This is substantive about bilingual premium pay and title; we can include in Benefits or Requirements? It's about bilingual premium pay details; we can keep in Benefits.) - APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS REQUIRE THE SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE BE COMPLETED. (remove) - Minimum Qualifications Experience: One year of recent, full-time paid experience as a law enforcement officer with a city, county, state or federal police agency. Education: Graduation from high school or possession of an acceptable General Education Development Certificate. Special Qualifications: Possession of the P.O.S.T. basic certificate. Law enforcement experience performing patrol functions is highly desirable. License: Possession of a valid California driver's license and a good driving record. Background Requirement: Incumbents shall not have been convicted of a felony in this state or any other state or in any federal jurisdiction, or of any offense in any other state or in any federal jurisdiction, which would have been a felony If committed in this state, nor be under current formal probation supervision. Citizenship Requirement: Permanent resident aliens who wish to be employed as peace officers must apply for citizenship at least one year before application for such employment. If a permanent resident alien has not obtained citizenship within three years after application for employment or is denied citizenship, he or she shall be disqualified for peace officer status. (This is substantive qualifications.) - Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: list of knowledge and abilities. (This is substantive; could be Skills or Requirements.) - Selection Procedure & Some Helpful Tips When Applying (application instructions) remove. - OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS: The Sheriff's Office encourages out-of-state applicants. However, in order to qualify for this position, they must obtain a California POST Basic Course Waiver (BCW) to meet California's Regular Basic Course Training requirements. The BCW process is for individuals who want to become California peace officers, and have completed at least 664 hours of general law enforcement training (including a general law enforcement basic course of at least 200 hours). Once the BCW process is successfully completed, the applicant receives a waiver of the California Basic Course. For more information visit http://post.ca.gov/basic-course-waiver-process.aspx . If you are in possession of a BCW, please attach a copy to your application materials. (This is substantive about out-of-state eligibility; we can include in Requirements.) - BACKGROUND PROCESS: description of background investigation. (This is substantive about hiring process; maybe not needed but could be part of Requirements? It's about background check; could be considered part of Requirements? Might be considered procedural; but it's substantive info about what they check. Could include under Requirements as part of background requirement. However we already have Background Requirement in Minimum Qualifications. This section repeats similar info. Might be duplicate; we can deduplicate. We need to avoid duplication. So we will combine similar info. Let's plan sections: