Lieutenant Salary

LaSalle Corrections•Raymondville, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lieutenant is responsible for organizing and conducting inspections and searches of inmates, detainees, and offenders, and their living and work areas. This role involves preparing records and reports, maintaining logs, and verifying inmate counts. The Lieutenant fosters a team effort among correctional officers by providing support, motivation, training, and assistance. They are responsible for reporting and investigating unusual occurrences, directing employee work for effectiveness, and supervising the daily routine of the security section. This position enforces post orders, ensures officers are familiar with shift assignments, and handles disciplinary reports and reports of disturbances. The Lieutenant functions as a shift supervisor as needed, supervising, instructing, training, and ensuring the safety of assigned employees, inmates, detainees, and offenders. They also schedule employee and inmate work and off-duty time, and assist in formulating security and work procedures. The role includes supervising and providing custody and security of inmates, detainees, and offenders, which involves observing their actions, performing searches, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive individuals, and transferring and transporting them. Supervision extends to inmates performing technical skills in various operations, involving physical demands like climbing, working outdoors and indoors, and operating equipment. The Lieutenant responds to emergencies, administers first aid, and may use force, including chemical agents and firearms. They must read and apply inmate records related to health, safety, and security, provide information to personnel, comply with policies, enforce disciplinary rules, and supervise record maintenance. A variety of marginal duties may also be assigned.

Requirements

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Mid-management level in a security department.
3 to 5 years of experience in a correctional setting.
1-year experience in a supervisory position preferred.
Must be TCOLE certified or must be able to obtain TCOLE Jailers License where applicable.

Nice To Haves

1-year experience in a supervisory position

Responsibilities

Organize and conduct inspections and searches of inmates, detainees, and offenders and their living and work areas.
Prepare records and reports as assigned.
Maintain logs and verify inmate counts.
Foster a team effort among correctional officers providing support, motivation, training, and assistance to them as required.
Report and investigate all unusual occurrences.
Direct the work of employees to ensure effectiveness.
Supervise daily routine of the security section.
Enforce post orders and ensure that correctional officers are familiar with shift assignments.
Handle disciplinary reports and prepare reports of disturbances and shift activities.
Function as shift supervisor as needed: supervise, instruct, train, and ensure the safety of assigned employees, inmates, detainees, and offenders; schedule employees, inmates, detainees, and offenders work and off-duty time; and assist in formulating security and work procedures.
Supervise and provide custody and security of inmates, detainees, and offenders including observing actions, performing searches, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive individuals, and transferring and transporting them.
Supervise and provide security of inmates, detainees, and offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations.
Respond to emergencies including climbing stairs, steps, and ladders while searching for escaped inmates, detainees, and offenders; hearing calls for and calling for help; giving first aid at the emergency site; carrying an injured or unconscious inmate, detainee, offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs, steps, and ladders; use force and deadly force to include the use of chemical agents and firearms to control inmates, detainees, and offenders.
Read, review, and properly apply information found in inmate, detainee, and offender records which is related to said individual’s health and safety and to the security of the facility; provide appropriate information to other personnel; comply with all policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; enforce inmate, detainee, and offender disciplinary rules; and supervise the preparation and maintenance of records, forms and reports.
Perform a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.