Deputy City Marshal (Lateral Officers)

City of Las Vegas•City of Las Vegas, NV

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Las Vegas Department of Public Safety is accepting applications for lateral Deputy City Marshals. The position enforces state statutes, city ordinances, and other city regulations on real property owned, leased, or controlled by the City of Las Vegas. Duties also include maintaining custody and control of prisoners being transported or detained in lawful custody, serving warrants and subpoenas, and making arrests for offenses. The role offers a four-day work week with 10-hour shifts and a paid lunch break. Out-of-state applicants are accepted, and the department indicates that its process for them requires only one trip to Las Vegas. Starting salary ranges from $63,570 per year at Step 1 (one year of experience) to $80,428 per year at Step 7 (seven years of experience), with top pay of $101,767 per year at Step 13. Shift differentials are listed as 4% for swing shift and 6% for graveyard shift. A hiring bonus of up to $10,000 is available to qualifying applicants. Candidates undergo an application evaluation and scoring, followed by a competitive department assessment process. Assessments may include a personal history statement and background investigation, polygraph, psychological suitability assessment, command staff interview, medical fit-for-duty examination, drug testing, education and experience verification, and fingerprinting. Lateral assessments do not include the Nevada POST Physical Readiness Test. Applicants must meet lateral experience, education, licensing, age, citizenship, and Nevada POST certification or reciprocity requirements. Department hiring standards and disqualifying conditions also apply.

Requirements

Must have prior service with a law enforcement agency within the five years immediately preceding application with the City of Las Vegas.
Education equivalent to graduation from high school.
Possess an appropriate, valid driver's license on the date of application and maintain it thereafter.
Be at least 21 years of age and a United States citizen on the date of application.
Possess Nevada P.O.S.T. Category I (Police Officer) certification on the date of application, or demonstrate the ability to obtain reciprocity within a reasonable period.
Have no Nevada felony conviction, or conviction for an offense that would be a felony if committed in Nevada.
Have no conviction for a crime requiring registration and/or a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence involving the use or attempted use of physical force.
Have no conviction for unlawful use, sale, or possession of a controlled substance.
No convictions, including DUI, within the past 12 months.
Drug use, including marijuana and steroids, may be disqualifying.
Two or more alcohol-related incidents in the past 48 months are disqualifying.
Driver's license suspensions, revocations, or cancellations within the last three years are reviewed individually.
Separation from any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces under less than honorable conditions, or honorable separation for unsuitability or misconduct, is disqualifying.
Any active warrant at the time of the background interview is disqualifying.
Decertification by any law enforcement agency is disqualifying.
Termination for cause by another criminal justice agency is disqualifying.
Misrepresentations, whether intentional or unintentional, are grounds for disqualification.

Responsibilities

Enforce state statutes, city ordinances, and other city regulations on real property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the City of Las Vegas.
Maintain custody and control of prisoners being transported or detained while in lawful custody.
Serve warrants and subpoenas.
Make arrests for offenses.

Benefits

Nevada PERS pension, employer paid by the agency.
No Social Security deduction; the posting states that 6.2% stays in the employee's check.
No state income tax.
Shift differential of 4% for swing shift and 6% for graveyard shift.
Field Training Officer incentive pay of 10%.
Deferred compensation match up to $2,000 annually.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage paid at 100%; the posting says 50% is paid for dependents.
Initial issue of uniform and equipment covered by the City.
Annual uniform allowance of $1,700.
80 hours of vacation in year one and 120 hours in year two.
104 hours of annual sick leave.
13 paid holidays.
Tuition reimbursement of $5,250 annually.
Sign-on bonus of up to $10,000 for applicants with at least two years of POST I law enforcement experience, paid in installments subject to completion of field training and the 12-month probationary period.