Detention Officer; Part-Time
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Position: Detention Officer (Part-Time)
** This is a part-time position and is ineligible for benefits.
JOB SUMMARY
The purpose of the Detention Officer is to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the patrol division of the police department by supplementing the patrol force through the assumption of duties not requiring sworn personnel. Such duties may include vacation house checks, traffic control, jail operations/prisoner transports, and ordinance enforcement. As a condition of employment in the status of this position, all Detention Officers must be able to perform the entire list of duties as outlined in this job description.
In addition, you must be motivated to accept new challenges and finding creative solutions, take ownership and pride by demonstrating the Town of Little Elm’s Core Values of Integrity, Customer Service, Efficiency and Innovation.
EDUCATION/TRAINING/EXPERIENCE
All Detention Officers must possess, at a minimum, the following qualifications:Must have a High School Diploma or GED equivalency certificate.Must have demonstrated a positive work history with a good attendance record.Must meet health standards not to pose a risk to health or safety of others in the workplace, or to persons they come into contact with while in the performance of duty. This risk shall include infections or communicable diseases deemed a medical high threat, and dysfunctional mental or psychological disorders.REQUIREMENTS
Must be a United States citizen.Must be 18 years of ageMust not have been convicted of any Class A misdemeanor or felony criminal offenses.Must not have been convicted of any Class B Misdemeanor offenses within the past five (5) years and must not have been convicted of any crimes involving moral turpitudeMust possess 20/20 corrected vision and 20/200 uncorrectedLICENSES OR CERTIFICATES
Must possess a valid Texas Class C driver’s License.Must complete Basic Municipal Jail Training within six months.LANGUAGE SKILLS
Must be able to read and write the English language. Ability to speak Bilingual a plus.REASONING ABILITY
Possess the ability to comprehend and carry out verbal and written instructions.Be able to formulate and employ appropriate courses of action when no specific role or procedure has been established.Be able to supply reasoning skills to actual situations.Possess adequate memory capacity sufficient to remember various types of information that is necessary to carry out their duties successfully.Must be able to assess a person’s intentions, behavior, and emotional state in order to make appropriate reactive and proactive decisions and responses.Must be able to tolerate many types of stress without medication.Must be able to make appropriate decisions regarding the fight or flight psychological response.Must be able to control their emotions in the face of divergent interpersonal or life-threatening and traumatic situations.Adequately maneuver a vehicle day and night, in all weather conditions.Engage in physical defensive and offensive tactics; overcome and apprehend violently resistive people, and properly use the handcuffs, and mace.Must also be able to conduct in custody prisoner searches.PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Must have the ability to efficiently, effectively, and safely perform all of the essential required duties and tasks of the position. The following outlines the required abilities:
It is imperative that all Detention Officers possess and maintain the essential physical abilities to perform their job safely. They must be physically capable to the extent that they are not a liability to themselves or others. They must be able to handle numerous emergency situations that will tax their physical abilities. They must be able to provide protection to themselves and others without the premature or unnecessary use of deadly force.
They must maintain a standard of physical fitness in accordance with citizen expectations and department policy.
a. Range of Motion/Flexibility: A Detention Officer must:
Be able to move rapidly from a sedentary to active position in response to emergency conditions or perceived deadly force encounters .Have the flexibility to rapidly assume a variety of positions to employ “cover and…
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