CRIME SUPPRESSION INVESTIGATOR (Accountability Court)

Fulton County, GA; Georgia; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulton County Sheriff's Office in Georgia seeks an Investigator/Deputy Sheriff to support the Accountability Court program, protect life and property, and collaborate with multiple agencies. The role includes enforcing court orders, transporting participants, and conducting field tests.

Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED, 2 years of law enforcement experience, Georgia POST certification, and a valid Georgia driver's license.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Two years of experience in law enforcement and investigations.
• Minimum age 21.
• Must possess Georgia POST certification.
• Must possess a valid Georgia driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Enforce Accountability Court program's mission; participate in trainings and conferences.
• Provide information regarding a participant's fitness to participate based on criminal history; assist in court planning.
• Execute bench warrants and serve court orders within five days.
• Transport participants to Fulton County Jail, Accountability Court, housing, or placements as needed.
• Act as liaison between Accountability Court and other agencies; educate on program importance.
• Conduct field breathalyzer and drug testing; collect specimens for lab testing.
• Monitor participants in the community: caseloads, home visits, curfews, ankle monitors, and surveillance devices.
• Provide assistance and support to participants to encourage success.
• Support Sheriff’s Office and Strategic Enforcement Unit operations; perform related duties.

Education

High School Diploma or GED Equivalent

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification

Valid Georgia driver's license

Job description

CLASSIFIED VACANCY IN THE FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

AREA OF ASSIGNMENT: ACCOUNTABILITY COURT

Minimum Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED Equivalent Required; supplemented by two (2) years of experience in law enforcement and investigations; must be at least 21 years of age.

Specific License or Certification Required

Must currently possess and maintain Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training certification. Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver's license.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities

Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in performance of the essential functions and learn, comprehend, and apply all county or departmental policies, practices, and procedures necessary to function effectively in the position.

Purpose of Classification

The purpose of this classification is to conduct investigations, provide support services to the Superior Court’s Accountability Court (“Accountability Court”), and serving the Sheriff and citizens of Fulton County by protecting life and property and promoting peace.

Essential Functions

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Committing to the Accountability Court program’s mission and goals and working as a team member to ensure success including participation in required annual training and conferences.
• Providing to the team information pertaining to a participant’s fitness to participate in Accountability Court based on their criminal history and collaborating in court planning, which are multi-stakeholder meetings designed to review the individual participant’s progress and eligibility to participate in Accountability Court’s program to recommend responses to the Court.
• Upon receipt from the Court, executing bench warrants and serving court orders upon participants in a timely fashion not to exceed 5 days.
• Providing transportation for program participants to and from Fulton County Jail and Accountability Court, from Accountability Court or Fulton County Jail to housing/inpatient placements, and, in the sole discretion of the Accountability Court Director or Court Program Administrator, to Accountability Court from a participant’s home.
• Acting as a liaison between Accountability Court and other agencies to gather pertinent information regarding participants’ activities in the community and to educate, inform, and provide training on the importance of the Accountability Court program.
• Conducting field breathalyzer and instant drug testing and collecting specimens for laboratory drug and alcohol testing in the field, FCAC offices, and courthouse as required.
• Monitoring participants in the community is inclusive of, but not limited to, maintaining a participant caseload, conducting home visits, monitoring curfews, reporting on a participant’s activities in the community, monitoring clients on ankle monitors and virtual surveillance devices/phone applications, and supervising participation in community service/work detail.
• Providing assistance, information, and support to participants in the community to encourage their success.
• Support other Sheriff’s Office and Strategic Enforcement Unit operations as directed.
• May perform other functions similar to those of a Deputy Sheriff.

Additional Functions

Performs other related duties as required.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

*All applicants must agree to and successfully pass a background investigation, drug screening and polygraph to be considered for employment with the Fulton County Sheriff's Office.*

Must successfully pass the minimum Physical Fitness/Agility standards and testing for running, sit-ups, and push-ups administered by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. If requested, must submit to a psychological profile test. Must possess a valid Georgia Driver's License at the time of appointment. Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age. Must conform to the following qualifications as required by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act: Be a citizen of the United States; have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent (GED); Not have been convicted by any state or the federal government of any crime, the punishment for which could have been imprisonment in a federal or state prison or institution; nor have been convicted of sufficient misdemeanors to establish a pattern of disregard for the law, provided that, for the purposes of this paragraph, violations of traffic laws and other offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle when the applicant has received a pardon shall not be considered; Be fingerprinted and a search made of local, state, and national fingerprint files to disclose any criminal record; Be of good moral character as determined by established standards and procedures; Have an oral interview with the hiring authority or designated representative(s) to determine applicant's appearance, background, and ability to communicate; Be found, after examination by a licensed physician of the Fulton County Health and Wellness Department, to be free from any physical, emotional, or mental conditions which might adversely affect exercising the powers or duties of a peace officer; and successfully complete a job related academy entrance examination provided for and administered by the council in conformity with state and federal law. Such examination shall be administered prior to entrance to the basic course provided for in Code Sections §35-8-9 and §35-8-11.

The council may change or modify such examination and shall establish the criteria for determining satisfactory performance on such examination. Peace officers who do not perform satisfactorily on the examination shall be ineligible to retake such examination for a period of six (6) months after an unsuccessful attempt.

Examination

The examination will consist of an evaluation of education and experience, accomplished by analysis of the application. Application must document that the applicant possesses the minimum knowledge, skills, education and experience as listed to be rated as qualified. If selected, an official, accredited college transcript is required, at time of employment, for all degrees/course work used to qualify for this position.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES

Data Utilization

Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.

Human Interaction

Requires the ability to function in a director capacity for a major organizational unit requiring significant internal and external interaction.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization

Requires the ability to operate, maneuver, and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and/or rapid adjustments.

Verbal Aptitude

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude

Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.

Functional Reasoning

Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions; to deal with several concrete and abstract variables; and to analyze major problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities that can span one or several work units.

Situational Reasoning

Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.

Other Requirements

Physical