Deputy Sheriff

About the position

Performs protective service work in the Roanoke City Jail. This position involves maintaining the care and custody of inmates, processing inmates into custody, ensuring courtroom security, and handling emergencies. The role requires shift work, including weekends and holidays, and encourages bilingual (Spanish/English) speakers to apply.

Responsibilities

• Maintains care and custody of inmates
• Processes inmates into custody of correctional institution, conducts searches of prisoners and inventories personal property
• Provides clothing, bedding, eating utensils and provides inmate orientation
• Ensures security of courtrooms prior to and during court sessions
• Serves and executes all processes issued from General District court, Circuit Court and Juvenile Court
• Conducts periodic security checks of inmates in living areas within the jail and court facilities
• Ensures that special needs of prisoners are met
• Transports and supervises the movement of prisoners to and from court
• Serves notices on executions, levy on personal property and seizes property when bond is furnished
• Ensures that offenders are fingerprinted and processed in accordance with departmental policies, laws and regulations
• Handles emergencies, i.e., fire evacuations, riots, disturbances and hostages situations
• Responds to and resolves incidents involving physical confrontations between inmates
• Maintains automated inmate records; including access of VCIN and NCIC
• Testifies in court proceedings in both criminal and civil cases
• Provides direction and supervision for inmate community work programs
• Monitors camera and surveillance equipment in main control room
• Ensures proper security of inmates, staff and visitors to the court and jail facilities
• Ensures proper order and decorum among inmates
• Enforces institution rules and regulations
• Prepares reports and other daily records
• Provides information which is legally permissible to citizens, police officers and other criminal justice agencies
• Performs medical screening on inmates upon commitment
• Maintains financial records and reports and custody and accountability for inmate funds
• Ensures that inmate records are current and up to date
• Ensures the proper retention, storage and destruction of departmental records
• Ensures that inmate sentences are legally calculated and served in accordance with departmental policy and existing laws and regulations

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Related experience and/or training in public and personal contact work preferably related to law enforcement activities
• Possession of a valid driver's permit issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Vision requirements: 20/30 in the better eye corrected, 20/40 in the worse eye corrected
• Must successfully complete a thorough background investigation and physical examination
• Must live within fifty (50) road miles of the Sheriff's Office
• Minimum age to apply is 18
• Applicant must submit to a drug screening and psychological test

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual, Spanish/English speakers encouraged to apply

Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion