Corrections Officer

Description

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Boone County provides reasonable accommodation to qualified employees and applicants with known disabilities who require accommodation to complete the application process or perform essential functions of the job unless the accommodation would cause an undue hardship.

• Enforces local, state, and federal laws by implementing effective policy to protect the lives and property of the people.
• Maintains interior and exterior security of Jail facility, including monitoring surveillance cameras, operating electronic and digital door controls, monitoring activities of detainees, and conducting patrols. Maintains accurate accounting of all detainees, including conducting periodic cell checks, roll calls, and head counts of detainees in assigned areas.
• Reviews arrest sheet of individuals and determines authority to confine. Performs booking procedures of individuals being detained, including photographing, fingerprinting, entering required information on the computer, completing required forms and intake reports, receiving, and receipting money and personal property, and searching detainees for weapons and contraband.
• Supervises and directs activities of detainees, such as serving meals and doing laundry, including making work assignments and assuring proper completion of duties. Oversees detainees in allowable activities, such as telephone calls, commissary purchases, and family visitations.
• Distributes daily meals and ensures all trays are removed from cell-blocks. Ensures personal hygiene of detainees and cleanliness of cell areas, accounting for all cleaning supplies and equipment issued to detainees.
• Provides detainees with daily meals and issues prescribed medications according to orders of physician. Follows department procedures to ensure detainees receive proper medical attention.
• Ensures compliance with facility rules and regulations, records and reports inappropriate behavior to appropriate department personnel, and takes appropriate action to correct any problems that arise. Properly secures and/or physically restrains violent and uncontrollable detainees as situations demand.
• Maintains and updates institution logs, incident reports, daily activity reports, booking/release records and medical records.
• Refers inmate grievances to Shift Commander.
• Testifies in court as required.
• Attends seminars and in-service training as required.
• Answers telephone and greets jail office visitors, determining nature of call, responding to inquiries regarding detainees, and/or routing caller to appropriate person or department.
• Serves on 24-hour call on a rotation basis and responds to emergencies from an off-duty status as required.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Possession of or ability to obtain certification from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy as a Correctional Officer.
• Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of appointment.
• Valid Indiana Driver’s license.
• Cannot have any Felony, Battery misdemeanor, or Domestic Violence convictions
• Possess good moral character as determined by a favorable comprehensive background investigation covering school, employment records, home environment, personal traits, and integrity
• Consideration will be given to all law violations, including traffic and conservation law convictions, as indicating a lack of good character.
• Pass a written entry-level examination.
• Pass physical examination/agility testing (if required).
• Submit to polygraph test, medical screening, and any other testing BCSO deems necessary (if required).
• Submit to a drug test.
• Submit to being fingerprinted.
• You must appear for an oral interview (if required).
• Successfully complete post-application training.
• Provide a copy of your birth certificate.
• Possess normal hearing, normal color vision, and normal visual functions and acuity in each eye correctable to 20/20.
• Possession of or ability to obtain required certifications,…