BECOME A DEPUTY SHERIFF

Stanlysheriff; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 200 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation / Sick Time

Paid Holidays

Health, dental and vision insurance

Retirement Plan

Progressive Tattoo Policy

Outer Vests Optional

Multiple Specialized Units

Paid on the job training

Job summary

Stanly County Sheriff's Office seeks a Deputy Sheriff to enforce laws, serve the public, and maintain public safety across Stanly County. Deputies handle calls, investigations, traffic enforcement, and court security, often under 12-hour rotating shifts including holidays and weekends.

The role requires excellence in judgment, reliability, and adherence to policy, with probation and Basic Law Enforcement Training requirements. Starting pay ranges reflect state standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Responsibilities

• Keep the peace and protect lives and property.
• Investigate complaints and criminal activity.
• Traffic enforcement and service of civil/criminal processes.
• Transport prisoners and provide security for courts.
• Work with various units and respond to emergencies.

Skills

Physical ability

Law enforcement knowledge

Judgment under pressure

Communication skills

Ability to learn procedures

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

N/A

Job description

• Have a high school diploma or equivalent. Training and standards require a high school equivalent diploma be at least partial classroom.
• Possess or be able to possess a NC driver’s license.
• Not have a conviction of a felony or serious misdemeanor.
• Meet applicable standards and Stanly County Sheriff's office requirements as well as qualify for State Law Enforcement Certification in accordance with the NC Sheriff's Training and Standards Commission.
• All Sheriff's Office employees must live in Stanly County or one of the surrounding counties, within a maximum response time of one hour to the Sheriff's Office.
• Be of good moral character.

Salary / Benefits

Starting Pay: $53,195 - $57,367

Vacation / Sick Time

Paid Holidays

Paid on the job training

Employee health, dental and vision insurance

Retirement Plan

Progressive Tattoo Policy

Outer Vests Optional

Multiple Specialized Units

Nature Of Work

A Deputy Sheriff is responsible for the general law enforcement work required by the Sheriff's Office. This law enforcement work includes keeping the peace, serving the public, protecting the lives, rights and property of all those within Stanly County. A Deputy Sheriff’s duties include taking calls from the public, serving the public, investigating complaints and criminal activity, traffic enforcement, serving civil and criminal process as well as other papers as required by the courts, developing suspects, arresting perpetrators, providing security for the courts, transporting prisoners and any other special assignments upon request. A Deputy Sheriff is expected to exercise good, sound judgment, make decisions in both normal and emergency situations and use discretion while carrying out the details of each task. Work is performed under the direct supervision of the assigned lieutenant and sergeant. The applicant must be willing to work 12-hour rotating shifts which include holidays and weekends.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Physical ability to cope with demands of law enforcement training and work.
• Establish a working knowledge of law enforcement practices and procedures.
• Establish a working knowledge of federal, state and local laws.
• Establish effective relationships with co-workers, officials and general public.
• Ability to learn new procedures.
• Ability to qualify with all mandated weapons in accordance with the Sheriff's office policies and procedures and state laws.
• Ability to follow directions, learn policies and procedures and act independently, using sound judgment in all situations.
• Ability to obtain full law enforcement certification.
• Patrols assigned areas of Stanly County, checks property, answers calls for service, investigates crimes and disturbances and arrests law violators.
• Enforces federal, state and local laws and prevents crime.
• Provides security for Stanly County courts.
• Transports prisoners, mental patients and inebriates.
• Serves the civil and criminal process as directed by the courts.
• Assists local, state and federal agencies in their law enforcement functions.
• Investigates crimes through assignment or develops cases to investigate.
• Provides public and educational presentations.
• Works as a school resource officer.
• Performs special assignments or tasks, including under-cover and clerical.
• Prepares reports as required by office policy.
• Performs other duties as required by the Sheriff.

Minimum Training Standards: Deputy Sheriffs

Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET)

Once a deputy sheriff becomes initially employed as such with a sheriff‘s department, he/she is then placed on a probationary period for twelve (12) months. During the probationary period, the deputy sheriff should complete a Basic Law Enforcement Training Course. A deputy sheriff that does not complete a course delivery during the probationary period will no longer be able to perform the duties of a deputy sheriff.

The current Commission mandated Basic Law Enforcement Training Course, as outlined in Rule .0502 of the Administrative Code, should contain a minimum of 616 hours of instruction.

An individual may also choose to enroll in the Basic Law Enforcement Training Course at a local community college or at the North Carolina Justice Academy. The local college or Justice Academy should be contacted for their enrollment criteria.Successful completion of BLET remains valid for a period of one (1) year from the date of passing the state examination. If an individual completes a course delivery and begins employment with an agency more than one (1) year from the administering of the state examination, the individual’s training would be considered invalid and he/she would be required to complete an additional course delivery.

The rules governing the minimum standards for completion of Basic Law Enforcement Training are found in Title 12, Subchapter 9B, Section .0400 of the North Carolina Administrative Code.These rules are administered by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.

Some individuals sworn as deputies who have prior North Carolina law enforcement service may qualify as lateral transfers and not be required to complete any additional basic training. However,if the individual was under an obligation to complete in-service training and did not do so, he/she must make-up in-service training before performing law enforcement functions. See the In-Service Training FAQs for details.

Other individuals being sworn as deputies who may have prior out-of-state, federal, or North Carolina law enforcement service may qualify to attempt to challenge BLET by passing the state examination and undergoing a skills assessment.