Patrol Deputy

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Enforces state and local laws and ordinances;
• Patrols assigned areas of the County in a car or other assigned vehicle;
• Maintains community presence and/or responds to calls for service and takes appropriate action;
• Responds to calls related to the protection of life and property, traffic incidents, and other public safety emergencies;
• Responds to calls which include domestic incidents, burglaries, juvenile disturbances, civil disturbances, health and welfare assists, civil standby, business and residential alarms, thefts, traffic accidents, animal problems, civil protection order/no contact order violations and services, medical and fire calls, bomb threats, hazardous material spills, search and rescue and other public and life safety incidents;
• School Resource Deputy works with school administration in school disciplinary issues involving law violations; assists in teaching classes that require law enforcement perspective and provides counseling and guidance to students in the school; provides presence and security at school and at sporting/school events;
• Ranger Deputy investigates livestock theft and animal cruelty cases, provides waterways enforcement and patrol and renewable resources enforcement;
• Determines the existence of probable cause and identifies and takes suspects and offenders into physical custody, or refers charges for review and prosecution;
• Prepares reports of arrests made, activities performed, and unusual incidents observed in a timely manner;
• Counsels and guides students in schools;
• Performs self-initiated patrol consisting of traffic stops, patrolling high crime areas of the County, warrant arrests, DUI patrol, and other relevant law enforcement activities;
• Performs patrol, crowd control, traffic control, public information, and related duties during community events, celebrations, and activities;
• Presents testimony and evidence in court and other legal proceedings;
• Maintains, cleans, and cares for County-issued equipment and vehicles;
• Works in all weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold;
• Exposed to high-intensity, high-stress situations.