Detention Deputy Trainee — Launch Your Corrections Career

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office; Tampa (FL); Sur place; USD 38 000 - 54 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office seeks a Detention Deputy to join our security team. The role focuses on maintaining order and custody of inmates across detention and court facilities, with ongoing training during academy and post-academy.

Duties include supervising inmates, conducting security checks, processing admissions, transporting inmates, and coordinating visits, emphasizing safety, legal compliance, and professional conduct.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of inmate care, custody, and control principles.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws governing criminal justice.
• Ability to train others in job duties.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse populations.

Responsabilités

• Provide direct and remote supervision of inmates within housing and other areas of a jail, a courthouse complex, or secure perimeter as assigned to maintain a safe and secure environment.
• Conduct frequent security checks for evidence of unauthorized activities and infractions of rules, respond to situations, and document accordingly.
• Receive and process inmates from officers and the courts, maintain inmates’ property, and direct inmates throughout the intake process.
• Maintain security and custody of volatile and violent inmates.
• Observe conduct and behavior of inmates, respond to and control emergency situations, and use appropriate levels of force to control combative, volatile, or hostile offenders.
• Schedule, supervise, and cancel inmate visitations.
• Supervise the dispensing of food in a timely fashion to inmates, ensuring compliance of all health and safety regulations.
• Supervise inmates and trusty-inmate work crews.
• Conduct metal and x-ray detection of individuals and materials before entering facilities, perform necessary searches for weapons and contraband, and complete reports.
• Inspect cells, housing areas, locks, windows, grills, doors, gates and perimeters of buildings and grounds for security purposes.
• Transport inmates to other facilities as required.
• Run daily reports as required.
• Enter information into a database to capture daily activities.
• Communicate with the public, respond to questions, and assist as necessary.
• Operate a master control center as required.
• May operate an agency vehicle in support of assigned duties.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Connaissances

Inmate supervision

Safety awareness

Communication

Train others

Outils

Two-way radio

Description du poste

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office seeks a Detention Deputy to join our security team. The role focuses on maintaining order and custody of inmates across detention and court facilities, with ongoing training during academy and post-academy.

Duties include supervising inmates, conducting security checks, processing admissions, transporting inmates, and coordinating visits, emphasizing safety, legal compliance, and professional conduct.