Detention Deputy -Trainee and Lateral (Events)

Maricopa County•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is seeking passionate individuals to join their team as Detention Deputies. This role emphasizes ensuring public safety and requires individuals who take pride in their work and consider the impact of their actions. MCSO is looking for candidates with strong interpersonal and customer service skills, the ability to effectively resolve conflict, and a desire to enhance public safety. Ideal candidates will possess emotional intelligence and be motivated by serving others and their community. The position offers paid training, a stable environment, great benefits, flexibility, generous leave, and an opportunity to serve the community as part of a diverse workforce. Lateral opportunities are available for those who have completed an Arizona detention or corrections academy or Correctional Officer Training Academy (COTA) and have recent experience working as a detention or corrections officer in Arizona or for a private prison/detention center. Out-of-state academy graduates may also be considered. Lateral candidates will participate in an accelerated 5-week training/orientation program.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or expected to graduate/receive GED within the next 90 days (Trainee).
Must be eighteen (18) years of age.
Must be a U.S. Citizen or be eligible to work in the U.S.
Applicants must possess, or have the ability to obtain by the time of hire, a valid Arizona driver's license.
Must complete a background investigation.
Must complete a polygraph exam.
Must complete a medical exam with attestation of physical readiness.
Must complete a psychological exam.
Must successfully complete a 12-week paid detention academy (Trainee).
Must successfully demonstrate physical readiness by completing a series of assessments with requisite results to graduate the academy and remain employed.
Must have successfully completed an Arizona detention or corrections academy, or Correctional Officer Training Academy (COTA) and have prior experience (within the last 3 years) working as a detention or corrections officer for the State of Arizona, an Arizona city, county or town, or a private prison/detention center (Lateral).
Candidates who have completed a detention/corrections academy outside the state of Arizona may also be considered (Lateral).
Effective communicator, even in the most challenging of situations.
Cares about the safety and well-being of others.
Respects all individuals regardless of background or socio-economic status.
Embraces the concepts of integrity, accountability and transparency as core values.
Collaborates with team members, supervisors and managers.
Ability to read, learn, understand, apply and follow rules, regulations, instructions, jail practices and procedures.
Ability to direct the activities of prisoners by speaking clearly and concisely in an authoritative manner.
Ability to maintain accurate records and make routine verbal and written reports using concise and clear communication.
Ability to distinguish between simultaneously sounding audio alarms for various devices.
Ability to distinguish color and shapes to identify items for inventory purposes.
Ability to establish and maintain successful working relationships.
Ability to work any shift due to detention facilities operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Ability to perform sprints, jumping and vaulting tasks.
Ability to perform lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling.
Ability to move quickly around objects and obstacles in pursuit situations.
Ability to pursue, extract and use force in both short intense effort and sustained effort situations.
Ability to perform lifting and carrying that may include lifting heavy and awkward objects weighing 50 lbs. or more.
Ability to perform carrying heavy and awkward equipment and objects 10 to 60 ft.
Ability to perform carrying equipment weighing 20 to 50 lbs. up and down stairs.
Ability to perform dragging movements that may include extracting victims weighing up to 175 lbs. and dragging victims, objects or suspects weighing up to 175 lbs., 20 to 30 ft.
Ability to perform pushing and pulling that may include pushing heavy objects or people weighing up to 200 lbs., 10 to 25 ft.
Ability to perform pulling heavy objects or people weighing up to 150 lbs., 10 to 25 ft.
Ability to perform pulling self over 6 ft. obstacle.
Ability to perform range of motion activities that may include bending to reach for objects; bending and twisting in use of force situations; crouching during movement of 10 to 15 ft.; and climbing ladders and fire escapes.
Ability to use force that may include self-defense situations for 45 to 60 seconds; control holds in self-defense situations for 30 to 60 seconds; strikes using hands, elbows, feet, and knees; use of intermediate impact weapons; and forced entry by pushing and pulling.
Ability to perform foot pursuits that may include running sprints of 100 feet or more; running for sustained periods, usually 300 feet but up to 5 minutes; running up and down stairs, usually 2 flights but may be up to 4 flights; run over uneven terrain; and dodge around obstacles.
Ability to sit, stand and walk.
Ability to drive a vehicle.
Ability to speak, hear, see, and read.
Ability to distinguish colors.
Ability to bend, kneel, and reach.
Ability to twist, climb, crawl, crouch and balance.
Ability to wear protective gear.
Ability to perform precise dexterity.
Ability to perform physical restraining and running.
Ability to lift floor to waist fifty (50) pounds.
Ability to lift waist to shoulder of fifty (50) pounds.
Ability to lift shoulder to overhead of fifty (50) pounds.
Ability to carry a weight of up to fifty (50) pounds for a distance of various feet.
Ability to push/pull a weight of up to 200 pounds for a distance of various feet.
Ability to work in conditions involving emergencies and traumatic subject matters.
Ability to work in a dangerous environment.
Ability to handle multiple or complicated tasks and frequently changing and unscheduled tasks.
Ability to work under time pressures with constant interruptions.
Ability to manage a high volume of work.
Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to make decisions.
Ability to maintain concentration/vigilance.
Ability to work in a team environment in close proximity with others.
Ability to work in isolated conditions.
Ability to work overtime/rotating shifts.
Ability to be reassigned to different locations.
Ability to operate telephones, electronic equipment, fingerprint equipment, ADP time recorders/clocks, cameras, video recording devices, scanners, copiers, and fax machines.
Ability to communicate effectively over radio channels.
Ability to communicate verbally and effectively in areas with potential of high noise levels.
Ability to exercise independent judgment within legal guidelines.
Ability to manually unlock and open metal gates.
Ability to perform perimeter checks in a vehicle and/or on foot.
Ability to provide courtroom security and document judicial information.
Ability to inventory inmate belongings.
Ability to ensure legal documentation pertinent to an arrest/release is complete.
Ability to use a computerized cash accounting system.
Must pass a comprehensive background check.
Must pass a polygraph examination.
Must pass a psychological screening.
Must pass a medical screening with attestation of physical readiness.
Must successfully complete a 5-week paid training/orientation program (Lateral).

Nice To Haves

Three (3) years of work experience, prior law enforcement experience, and/or prior military experience preferred (Trainee).
Currently possess, or have the ability to obtain, a commercial driver's license and/or weapons certification equivalent to standards set by Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training (AZPOST) (Trainee & Lateral).
Prior experience (within the last 3 years) working as a detention or corrections officer for the State of Arizona, or an Arizona county, city or town, or private prison/detention center (Lateral).
Candidates who have successfully completed an Arizona detention or corrections academy with prior experience and continued serving in a law enforcement capacity with another agency may be eligible for a Lateral position.

Responsibilities

Conducts security walks and head counts.
Performs facility and inmate cell searches.
Performs searches of inmates and visitors.
Performs frisk and strip searches of inmates.
Conducts continual visual surveillance of inmates and various areas of detention facilities.
Provides inmate services such as recreation, serving meals, visitation, and clothing exchanges.
Quickly selects and correctly operates appropriate buttons, touch screen control monitors, switches, and knobs used to control doors, sliders, and communication systems.
Pursues fleeing inmates on foot.
Monitors and controls all activities regarding inmate movement.
Uses body force to gain entrance through barriers.
Subdues or restrains resisting inmates using hands and feet while employing defensive tactics or approved non-lethal weapons.
Responds quickly to emergency situations.
Performs basic first aid procedures and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Gathers information for investigations by interviewing and obtaining statements.
Utilizes technology to prepare electronic Operations Journal Entries or hand write legible reports.
Inspects and inventories security equipment through testing.
Operates telephones, electronic equipment, fingerprint equipment, ADP time recorders/clocks, cameras, video recording devices, scanners, copiers, and fax machines.
Communicates effectively over radio channels.
Communicates verbally and effectively in areas with potential for high noise levels.
Exercises independent judgment within legal guidelines.
Subdues resisting inmates using approved non-lethal weapons.
Manually unlocks and opens metal gates.
Performs perimeter checks in a vehicle and/or on foot.
Provides courtroom security and document judicial information.
Inventories inmate belongings.
Ensures legal documentation pertinent to an arrest/release is complete.
Uses a computerized cash accounting system to maintain an accurate account of inmates' funds.
Be present at work site to perform assigned tasks at the times and dates scheduled/assigned by the supervisor.

Benefits

New Sign-On Incentive of $7,500
Trainees will earn $56,160.00 plus sign-on incentive in their first full year of employment!
Laterals may earn up to $72,000+ in their first full year of employment, DOE
Receive up to $5,250 annually in education reimbursement
Eligible employees receive up to 6 weeks of paid paternal leave for the birth or adoption of a child
Relocation assistance (up to $7,500 reimbursement for expenses incurred by employee and their spouse and legal dependents for successful candidates residing outside of Maricopa County)
Paid training
A stable environment
Great benefits
Flexibility and generous leave
An opportunity to serve your community as part of a diverse and talented workforce