Detention Officer (Grade 201)

Yuma County; Yuma (AZ); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Yuma County Sheriff's Office is seeking a Detention Officer to supervise inmate movement, maintain security, and assist with daily operations within the detention facility. The role involves conduct of searches, processing of inmates, and ensuring safety of inmates, staff, and visitors.

The position requires strong discipline, documentation, and the ability to respond to emergencies, with training in first aid, CPR, and AED as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a detention, jail, or law enforcement environment is preferred but not required.
• Ability to perform security inspections, head counts, and surveillance with attention to safety.
• Strong communication, record-keeping, and the ability to follow policy and procedure.

Responsibilities

• Control and supervise inmate movement and activities; supervise visitations and meals; maintain safety and security of facility, staff, inmates, and visitors.
• Conduct security walks, head counts, cell searches, sanitation checks, and inmate interviews for classification.
• Prepare logs, distribute mail, handle court paperwork, and operate surveillance and inmate processing equipment.
• Administer first aid, CPR, and AED when needed; respond to emergencies and call for medical attention as required.
• Assist in transportation of inmates to court or appointments and cooperate with other agencies on extraditions.

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.***

Applications are sought on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office in Yuma County. Yuma County Human Resources does not review any applications submitted for this position. All applications are forwarded to Sheriff's Office in Yuma County***

NATURE OF WORK

• (Illustrative Only)*Controls and supervises the movement and activities of inmates; supervises visitations; maintains the safety and physical security of the facility, staff, inmates and visitors; conducts continual visual surveillance, security walks, head counts, and inmate cell searches; inspects the living conditions within the housing units for sanitation compliance; interviews and classifies inmates for assignment to correct security level; enforces discipline; serves meals to inmates; transports inmates to court hearings, health care providers, and to other facilities; coordinates with other agencies for extraditions; interviews inmates for any medical conditions and for investigations; participates in the investigation and compilation of information regarding inmate grievances and hearings; manages housing units; responds to and manages emergencies, life-threatening, and hazardous situations; restrains combative, suicidal, or mentally disturbed inmates; determines inmates are ill or injured and obtains medical attention; cleans jail cells, as necessary; prepares and maintains chronological logs and records of facility and inmate activity; distributes and collects all incoming and outgoing mail; disseminates court paperwork to appropriate areas; prepares bond receipts and collects bonds; operates computer terminal to retrieve inmate information; operates electronic surveillance equipment, fingerprint equipment, radio communications equipment, and office equipment; compiles detention statistics and computer data. Administers first aid procedures, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and automated external defibrillation (AED); may testify in court proceedings; conducts inventories of detention supplies and commodities; may be required to be weapons proficient with issued firearm, if assigned to Outer Transport; performs routine clerical duties; maintains appropriate security and confidentiality of all information and material encountered in the performance of his/her duties; 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: processing, field training, master control, recruit training officer, and/or special management unit; 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.

Processing

• Verifies the accuracy of intake documentation presented by law enforcement officers; receives, stores, and issues receipt of inmates personal property and cash; conducts inmate pat searches and unclothed body searches for contraband or weapons; photogr phs and fingerprints inmates; creates identification cards; observes new inmates for mental or physical distress, and notifies medical staff of any red flags; releases inmates and property in accordance with policy and procedure. Knowledge of principles of receiving, processing, storing, and inventorying inmate property; methods and techniques in conducting pat searches and unclothed body searches for new inmates; IRIS scanner; metal detector. Skill in rolling inmate fingerprints utilizing Dataworks Plus - Livescan; reading and interpreting arrest documents, court orders, inmate records, and New World Corrections software. Ability to maintain awareness of new inmates for mental or physical distress; determine when to initiate suicide protocol on an inmate.

Field Training

• Observes, supervises, and mentors detention officers in training; instructs and evaluates detention officers regarding Sheriff's Office policies and procedures, unit managing, and surveillance walks; 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; conducts 6 minute trainings before shift; instructs courses at the Detention Officer Academy. Knowledge of methods, practice