Sheriff's Community Services Officer

SHERIFF'S COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICER

In addition to performance-based merit increases, this position is scheduled to receive a salary range increase on the following date:

Effective June 27, 2025 – 4.00% increase. Salary may be negotiable within the range listed above, based on position requirements and successful candidate's qualifications, subject to appropriate authorization.

This recruitment is open to the public and will remain open on a continuous basis until the needs of the Department are met. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.

This recruitment is being held to establish an Eligible List to fill vacancies in this class until the next recruitment.

The Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department is a large, multi-faceted law enforcement agency served by approximately 3,800 sworn and professional staff members and over 800 reserve personnel. The department consists of five organizational Commands comprised of 21 separate Divisions. Collectively, these Commands and Divisions provide services including land and sea based patrol and investigative services to unincorporated county areas and to contract and task force partners at the city and county level.

Additional services and responsibilities include but are not limited to: state and federal task force participation, operation and management of the Orange County jail system, emergency communications, forensic and coroner services, HR and personnel services, risk management, and financial management.

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Sheriff's Community Services Officers (CSO) are uniformed personnel that perform various routine law enforcement-related tasks that do not require the authority of a peace officer. A CSO may be required to work either inside a substation or outside in the field. Front desk duties include providing members of the public with information, assisting department personnel with information and equipment requests, registration of sex and arson offenders, and other duties as required.

Equipment Room duties include checking in and checking out equipment; generating past due reports; making sure shotguns are in working order; downloading tasers and generating taser download reports; assigning USB PVS keys; researching and making copies of PVS requests for DAs, sergeants, deputies and Internal Affairs; research and copy PAS log requests; changing out media cards; calling in trouble tickets for MDC repairs;

replacing key tags; making new barcodes; replenishing mouth pieces for our PAS devices and assigning lockers among other duties. Through the Community Work Program, the CSO duties include supervising a work crew who does the cleaning and manual labor projects for the substation. Outside field duties include taking reports at traffic accident scenes, coordinating the disposal of abandoned vehicles, issuing citations for parking violations and other infractions, and other duties as assigned.

Incumbents will be required to work a variety of rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in a law enforcement agency, the ability to remain calm and work effectively in stressful and emotional or emergency situations, the ability to deal with emotional and/or hostile members of the public, the ability to multitask, and possess a bachelor s degree in criminal justice.

General knowledge of
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• Law enforcement functions and responsibilities in an urban community.

Ability to
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• Develop rapport and obtain cooperation from crime victims, witnesses and informants
• Obtain complete and relevant information from interviewees to complete incident and crime reports
• Prepare clear and accurate reports
• Speak and write clearly and concisely
• Read, understand and interpret moderately complex laws, rules, directives and other written material
• Safely operate a marked police vehicle in all weather and traffic conditions
• Find obscure addresses and locations

Experience/Education

• One year of experience which demonstrates possession of the required knowledges and abilities.

Education or training which is directly…