Deputy Sheriff Position
The Deputy
Sheriff can be assigned to multiple roles within the agency like School
Resource Officer, Court Security, 24/7 Compliance, Truck Enforcement or
Patrol. Starting salary for applicants is $32.43 per hour
($70,827.12 annually), depending on experience. The McKenzie
County Sheriff's Office offers:
- Overtime
opportunities
- Take home
patrol vehicle
- Uniforms and
equipment provided
- Current
technology, training, and equipment
- Room for
professional growth and career development
Job
Description:
The
Deputy Sheriff is under general supervision and shall exercise responsibilities
for the enforcement of state and local laws relating to public safety and
welfare. Exercise independent judgment in dealing with dangerous or unusual
situations while exercising safe practices and procedures. Works under
stressful, high risk conditions.
Essential
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Patrols an
assigned district in a patrol vehicle on assignment for the purpose of
observing the area for possible criminal activity or other conditions that
could endanger public safety, investigating complaints, and enforcing
laws; maintains high visibility.
- Responds to
emergency calls, such as robberies, burglaries, kidnapping, assaults,
murders, and practices safety procedures in answering and responding to
calls.
- Investigates
and reports accidents, dangerous or defective streets, sidewalks, traffic
lights, or other hazardous conditions.
- Investigates
crimes, interviews witnesses, complainants, and victims; and gathers
physical evidence and preserves for court; conducts follow up
investigations as needed.
- Apprehends
arrests and detains criminal suspects and law violators when necessary;
follows proper procedures when making arrests. Enforces all Federal,
state, and local laws and regulations.
- Serves
warrants, summonses, subpoenas, civil and other official papers.
- Serves as
witness in court and provides evidence in court as required.
- Performs
other duties of a similar nature or level.
Knowledge:
- Preparing reports and record
keeping
- Working
knowledge of human behavior and various social, economic, and cultural
backgrounds
- Use of
firearms, radio equipment, physical control devices, electric and
electronic controls
- Ability to
apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in
written, oral, or diagram form
- Ability to
deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized
situations
- Ability to
safely operate a motor vehicle
- Willingness
and desire to learn new and challenging tasks
Skills:
- Attending to
multiple activities and sources of input simultaneously
- Communicating
tactfully and courteously with others
- Thinking
quickly, calmly, and clearly in emergency situations
- Compiling,
maintaining, processing, and preparing a wide variety of records and
reports
- Maintaining
confidentiality of sensitive and legally protected information
- Assessing,
prioritizing and determining appropriate response levels for law
enforcement and related emergency situations
Physical
Requirements:
- Positions in
this class typically require: reaching, standing, walking, grasping,
talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
- Moderate
work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible
amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or
otherwise move objects, including the human body. Moderate work
involves moving most of the time. Jobs are moderate if walking and
standing are required frequently and all other moderate criteria are met
- Incumbents
may be subject to travel.
Experience:
- No prior law enforcement
experience or training is required however experience is preferred
- ND POST licensed or eligible for
license
- Prior law enforcement experience
preferred
- Associates Degree or higher
preferred
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