Detention Officer (Grade 201)

This position is advertised from the minimum to the mid-point hourly rate. Salary will be determined based on education and experience at the time of offer.

About the Role

Under general supervision, performs security work of moderate difficulty in the supervision, transportation, care, and welfare of inmates. This role has department-specific responsibilities within the Sheriff's Office in Yuma County.

Responsibilities

• Controls and supervises the movement and activities of inmates; supervises visitations.
• Maintains the safety and physical security of the facility, staff, inmates, and visitors.
• Conducts continual visual surveillance, security walks, head counts, and inmate cell searches.
• Inspects living conditions within housing units for sanitation compliance.
• Interviews and classifies inmates for assignment to the correct security level; enforces discipline.
• Serves meals to inmates; transports inmates to court hearings, health care providers, and other facilities.
• Coordinates with other agencies for extraditions.
• Interviews inmates for medical conditions and investigations.
• Participates in the investigation and compilation of information regarding inmate grievances and hearings.
• Manages housing units; responds to and manages emergencies, life-threatening, and hazardous situations.
• Restrains combative, suicidal, or mentally disturbed inmates.
• Determines if inmates are ill or injured and obtains medical attention.
• Cleans jail cells as necessary; prepares and maintains chronological logs and records of facility and inmate activity.
• Distributes and collects all incoming and outgoing mail; disseminates court paperwork to appropriate areas.
• Prepares bond receipts and collects bonds.
• Operates computer terminal to retrieve inmate information; operates electronic surveillance equipment, fingerprint equipment, radio communications equipment, and office equipment.
• Compiles detention statistics and computer data.
• Administers first aid procedures, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and automated external defibrillation (AED).
• May testify in court proceedings.
• Conducts inventories of detention supplies and commodities.
• May be required to be weapons proficient with issued firearm if assigned to Outer Transport.
• Performs routine clerical duties; maintains appropriate security and confidentiality of all information and material encountered.
• Regular and reliable attendance; performs other duties as assigned.

Specialty Assignments

An employee in this class may receive work assignments in any or all of the following areas: processing, field training, master control, recruit training officer, and/or special management unit. Employees assigned to specialty units perform additional duties and are required to have additional knowledge, skills, and abilities. Employees must obtain and maintain certain certifications and clearances, be off probation, and may need to pass an oral board interview or other relevant testing. Employees are eligible for specialty pay when assigned for a period of time.

Processing

• Verifies the accuracy of intake documentation presented by law enforcement officers.
• Receives, stores, and issues receipt of inmates' personal property and cash.
• Conducts inmate pat searches and unclothed body searches for contraband or weapons.
• Photographs and fingerprints inmates; creates identification cards.
• Observes new inmates for mental or physical distress and notifies medical staff of any red flags.
• Releases inmates and property in accordance with policy and procedure.

Knowledge of: principles of receiving, processing, storing, and inventorying inmate property; methods and techniques in conducting pat searches and unclothed body searches for new inmates; IRIS scanner; metal detector.

Skill in: rolling inmate fingerprints utilizing Dataworks Plus - Livescan; reading and interpreting arrest documents, court orders, inmate records, and New World Corrections software.

Ability to: maintain awareness of new inmates for mental or physical distress; determine when to initiate suicide protocol on an inmate.

Field Training

• Observes, supervises, and mentors detention officers in training.
• Instructs and evaluates detention officers regarding Sheriff's Office policies and procedures, unit managing, and surveillance walks.
• Conducts daily performance evaluations highlighting accomplishments and deficiencies.
• Completes end-of-phase evaluations with recommendations for continuation or additional training.
• Devises detailed plans for additional training to correct deficiencies.
• Conducts 6-minute trainings before shift; instructs courses at the Detention Officer Academy.

Knowledge of: methods and practices in training detention officers.