Law Enforcement Deputy

About the role

Performs certified sworn law enforcement and crime prevention work protecting the lives, property, and rights of the public in Manatee County through the enforcement of federal/state criminal laws, traffic laws, administrative rules, and county ordinances.

Responsibilities

• Patrols assigned areas and conducts surveillance to prevent and detect criminal activity.
• Enforces local, state, and federal laws, including compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Issues warnings/citations, administers field tests, and makes arrests as necessary.
• Makes emergency and routine calls for assistance, including traffic crashes, criminal actions in progress, emergency medical assistance, and domestic complaints.
• Administers basic first aid and/or CPR, and calls for necessary assistance.
• Conducts investigations of complaints, crimes, and disturbances; interviews witnesses; interrogates suspects; collects, preserves and reports on evidence.
• Foresees potential danger and eliminates or controls it. Performs police activity without injuring self or others.
• Provides backup to other law enforcement personnel.
• Prepares reports and keeps records of all activities in accordance with established policy and procedures.
• Affords accurate and clear law enforcement information to the public, secures people or property, participates in community policing and awareness projects, conducts presentations.
• Serves legal papers including; warrants, civil process, evictions and subpoenas. Appears and testifies at court hearings on behalf of the Sheriff's Office.
• Operates computerized management information systems to retrieve or enter information.
• Successfully completes all assignments to specifications, within specified timeframe and budget as directed and in accordance with agency policies and regulations.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)
• L/E Certified
• Valid Florida Driver's License
• Qualify and maintain firearms proficiency

Qualifications

• Knowledge of first-aid/CPR techniques.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of law enforcement, state laws, local ordinances and agency policies, procedures, and orders.
• Knowledge of the geography of Manatee County and the law enforcement service.
• Knowledge of how and when to apply tact and diplomacy in the day-to-day application of law enforcement responsibilities.
• Knowledge of cults, gang presence, and the drug culture including signs of their presence and/or influence.
• Knowledge of how and when to apply "DEADLY FORCE" in the enforcement of laws or the apprehension of violators.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to "read" people and/or potential adverse or unsafe situations and react according to agency policy and procedures.
• Ability to rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks.
• Skill in searching/inspecting individuals, materials, and facilities for contraband/weapons and unauthorized activities.
• Skill in the use of computers, two-way radio communications, and various other equipment used to perform daily functions of position.
• Skill in the use of firearms, non-lethal weapons and various restraining devices.

Skills

• Intermittent performance of extremely physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of reaching, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, running, and climbing.
• May involve lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling.
• Must be able to exert up to 150 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects such as in the event of chasing and subduing a law violator resisting control.
• Tasks may also involve standing, sitting, or walking for long periods.
• Visual perception and discrimination is required as well as being able to isolate and distinguish critical sounds, possibly under various conditions to include dark or crowded environments.

Benefits

• Excellent State Retirement
• Uniforms for Certified Personnel
• 12 Holidays Per Year (includes employee's birthday)
• Excellent Vacation Plan - Start accruing two weeks of vacation time earned by the end of your first year
• Sick Leave - 12 days per year, accrued by pay period
• Life Insurance - Equals annual base salary
• Health Insurance (optional)
• Dental (optional)
• Take-Home Vehicle for Specific Certified Personnel
• Career Service - After one year of satisfactory continuous service
• Deferred Compensation Plan (optional)
• Direct Payroll Deposit (any banking institution)
• Disability Insurance (long-term disability)
• College Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Extensive Wellness Program- Click here

Pay

Salaries are highly competitive and ranked in the top range for Law Enforcement Agencies in the State of Florida.

Schedule

Rotating shift schedules in any of the divisions of the Sheriff's Office required to provide deterrence, detection, pursuit, investigation of crimes and apprehension and arrest of law violators or suspected law violators.