Public Safety Service Officer

County of Shasta • Redding, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, assists sworn personnel by handling non-hazardous support responsibilities in the Sheriff’s Office and performs related work as required. This Public Safety Service Officer position, if applicable, shall receive an additional three dollars ($3.00) per hour to base wages if assigned to areas where criminally charged persons are confined. This position is in the UPEC General bargaining unit. The salary range consists of six (6) salary steps, with approximately 5% intervals between each step. The original appointment for new employees begins at the first step of the assigned salary range. New employees are eligible for a merit-based step increase at six months from step A to step B and then annually thereafter from the step B pay period.

Requirements

• Some experience in public contact work; OR General clerical work; OR Completion of 15 college semester units in criminal justice.
• Deal tactfully and courteously with the public
• Perform clerical work and make simple arithmetical calculations
• Learn to operate a computer terminal
• Work effectively under pressure with frequent interruptions
• Exercise good judgment in making decisions according to existing laws, regulations, and policies
• Use discretion and mature judgment in the handling of sensitive and confidential information
• Establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with the public and other employees
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• Frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally is required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Specific hearing abilities required by this position include distant, peripheral, and nearby, and hearing adequate to monitor various security systems and audio alarms.
• Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• Regular contact with individuals with communicable diseases such as AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, etc.

Nice To Haves

• Detail oriented
• Articulate in both their written and oral communication
• Displays an understanding and ability to work with technical and computer related hardware and software
• Minimum of one year prior inventory or property management experience
• Prior experience working for a law enforcement agency, or has some college units in criminal justice or related field of study

Responsibilities

• Processes inmates into detention facilities; initiates and completes applicable booking forms; assists with processing inmates' personal property and clothing, maintains inmates' court schedules and appearances via computer assisted terminals; coordinates daily appearances with direct communication with courts; calculates inmate sentences; processes bails, fines, and commissary accounts during booking and release; controls visitation with inmates, including visits by the public and officials; monitors security intercom systems and closed circuit television monitors; operates electronically controlled security gates, doors and elevators; responsible for all functions associated with the operations of a security level; supervises all of the activities of the inmates and addresses the inmates' safety and well-being; views the inmates in their pods via the television monitors and through the windows; directs inmates to leave their pods to go to different locations (court, medical, professional visits, church services, etc.); assists inmate movement to respective pods and cells; responsible for the assignment of inmates to the different work details; assigns inmates to work positions in the jail and at the alternative custody program center; processes inmates for work in above units as well as handling complaints with existing workers; serves as a property control officer by receiving, processing, and releasing evidence, personal property, and lost and found items; maintains departmental inventory control; works under minimal supervision; works with other law enforcement agencies; performs related duties as assigned.
• Receives, stores, and maintains custody of all property and evidence; records entries for activity in computer; stores all property in a manner so that it is safe and can be accurately retrieved; maintains a chain of accountability for all property, with particular attention to narcotics, money, valuables, and other items of an unusual or sensitive nature; tags, marks, and properly packages evidence for shipment to other departments and agencies; resolves complaints from the public about property that is contraband or evidence that cannot be released; returns property cleared for release and obtains receipts after legal ownership is proven; provides Deputies with evidence and exhibits (including requests for photographs) when needed by the Courts or other agencies; disposes of property items no longer needed (narcotics, weapons, hazardous materials, and medical evidence) by means of return, auction, destruction, etc.; maintains Property Policy Manual; performs related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Basic medical care for county, state, out-of-county, and federal prisoners
• CalPERS retirement program
• Direct deposit for paychecks
• Potential for merit-based step increases
• Additional three dollars ($3.00) per hour to base wages if assigned to areas where criminally charged persons are confined

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed