Deputy Sheriff (Grade 256)

Yuma County Sheriff's Office; Yuma (AZ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Yuma County Sheriff's Office seeks a deputy to perform law enforcement and investigative duties with department-specific responsibilities. The role involves patrolling, responding to calls, and conducting investigations to protect life and property.

You will interview witnesses, secure scenes, and maintain evidence while preparing clear reports and assisting in court appearances. Specialty assignments may include boating safety, criminal investigations, and field training.

Qualifications

• Ability to patrol and protect life and property.
• Experience in preliminary and follow-up investigations.
• Knowledge of arrest procedures and legal process.

Responsibilities

• Patrols assigned area for crime prevention and law enforcement.
• Responds to emergency and non-emergency calls for service.
• Conducts investigations and interviews witnesses and victims.
• Maintains detailed reports and documentation.
• Secures scenes, administers first aid, and manages evidence chain.
• Appears in court to present evidence or testify.

Skills

Patrol procedures

Investigation techniques

Interview witnesses

Evidence handling

Court testimony

First aid

Vehicle operation

Public safety

Tools

Buckeye Cameras

License Plate Readers

Job description

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

NATURE OF WORK

Under general supervision, performs technical work of moderate difficulty in law enforcement and investigative duties; this position has department specific responsibility.

(Illustrative Only) Patrols assigned area for the prevention of crime, enforcement of laws and protection of life and property; responds to emergency and non-emergency calls for service; conducts preliminary and follow-up investigations on crimes and traffic collisions; arrests violators of laws; identifies and interviews witnesses, victims and criminals, prepares and maintains detailed reports and documentation; secures accident and crime scenes, and responsible for crowd control; administers first aid; identifies, collects and secures evidence, and maintains chain of evidence for criminal investigations; apprehends, detains and searches suspects, and cites or arrests for civil and criminal law violations; transports and books arrestees; assists in surveillance work.; executes various writs, subpoenas and court orders; appears in court to present evidence and/or testify as a witness; maintains patrol vehicle and equipment according to Department standards; conducts police related community awareness; regular and reliable attendance; performs other duties as assigned.

Specialty Assignments

An employee in this class series may receive work assignments in any or all of the following: boating safety and enforcement, criminal investigations, field training, intelligence unit, K-9, recruit training, and/or narcotics task force; employees assigned to specialty units perform additional duties, and are required to have additional knowledge, skills, and abilities; in addition, employees must be able to obtain and maintain certain certifications and clearances; employees assigned to specialty units must be off probation, and may have to successfully pass an oral board interview and/or other relevant testing; employees are eligible to receive specialty pay when assigned for a period of time; once an employee is removed from the specialty duty, the employee is no longer eligible for the specialty pay.

Boating Safety and Enforcement

Patrols Yuma County waterways to enforce boating laws; assists with stranded and disabled watercrafts; conducts search and rescue operations, to include, transportation of victims to emergency medical services; assists Federal and state agencies in locating/citing state level infractions; conducts boater education and public relation events on boating safety; conducts routine maintenance on patrol vessels, to include oil changes and minor mechanical issues.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of state boating laws;
• watercraft survival and tactics;
• geographic locations of Yuma County waterways;
• patrol vessel maintenance;
• skill in investigating boating collisions;
• operating watercrafts;
• ability to swim;
• drive patrol vehicle with attached trailer.

Criminal Investigations

Receives and conducts in depth investigations of serious and complex criminal cases involving sex crimes, homicides, kidnappings, arson, fraud, etc.; conducts multiple suspect, witness, and victim interviews; collects and photographs evidentiary materials, such as, fingerprints, bodily fluids, gunshot residue, and other forensic trace evidence; examines evidence to establish probable cause in order to obtain search warrants and subpoenas; partners and provides assistance to patrol deputies and other agencies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of complex interviewing tactics, to include, basic forensic interview tactics for child crimes and sex crimes;
• RapidHit DNA equipment;
• skill in technical photography and collecting trace evidence;
• processing crime scenes;
• critical thinking;
• ability to work on call status and varying shifts;
• examine sensitive, graphic, and disturbing images/scenes for long periods of time during an investigation;
• continuously adapt to high stress environments;
• maneuver interviews with various techniques/tactics.

Field Training

Observes, supervises, and mentors deputies in training; instructs and evaluates deputies regarding Sheriff’s Office policies and procedures, officer safety techniques, state laws and application, and how to research/investigate; conducts daily performance evaluations highlighting accomplishments and deficiencies; completes end of phase evaluations with recommendations for continuation or additional training; devises detailed plan for additional training to correct deficiencies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of methods, practices, and techniques of instruction and evaluation;
• Sheriff’s Office Field Training Manual;
• skill in mentoring, motivating, leading, and supervising deputies;
• providing clear and concise instruction;
• ability to provide conventional instruction, as well as innovative and practical training techniques;
• provide constructive criticism.

Intelligence Unit

Proactively reviews and assesses police reports, exclusive databases, and subject interviews in order to identify threats in an effort to anticipate, monitor, prevent, and curtail criminal activity in Yuma County; provides patrol, specialty units, and command staff with intelligence of potential threats or investigative information in order to deploy resources; installs, monitors, and maintains equipment and databases issued to the unit, to include, Buckeye Cameras, Advanced License Plate Readers, etc.; collaborates and assists other local, state, and Federal agencies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of current events, politics, and trends;
• social media platforms;
• research.