Deputy Sheriff II - Lateral

Position:
Deputy Sheriff II – Sonoma County Sheriff's Office

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office seeks qualified law enforcement officers. Join our team in beautiful Sonoma County as a Deputy Sheriff II!

Salary: Up to $65.46 per hour ($ per year)*, with a generous benefits package, including wellness and professional development funds, and opportunities for premium pay assignments.

Candidates with English/Spanish bilingual skills and out-of-state applicants are encouraged to apply! When you join the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, you become part of a strong work family that makes a difference in our community.

• Salary Advancement – Salary increase after 1,040 hours (6 months when working full-time) for good performance; eligible for salary increase every year thereafter until reaching the top of the salary range.
• Additional premiums – Specialty assignments and POST Intermediate and Advanced Certificates, up to 10% of base salary.
• Bilingual Premium Pay* – $0.90/0.45 per hour on top of the hourly pay rate for basic/fluent bilingual positions.
• Paid Time Off – Competitive vacation and sick leave accruals, 12 paid holidays, and an additional 8 floating holiday hours per year.
• County Paid Health Premium Contributions – 100% premium contribution for the majority of employee-only and employee + family health plan options.
• Staff Development/Wellness Pay – Annual benefit allowances up to $750 and ongoing education/training opportunities.
• Post-Retirement Health Reimbursement Arrangement – County contributions to help fund post-retirement employee health insurance/benefits.
• Retirement – Pension fully integrated with Social Security.
• Paid Parental Leave – May be eligible for up to 8 weeks (320 hours) after 12 months of County employment.
• Student Loan Debt Relief – County employees may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through the U.S. Department of Education.

This full-time, working-level position in the Deputy Sheriff job series is for individuals who meet one of the following criteria:

• Possess a California Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Basic Certificate, which includes at least one year of recent, full-time paid experience as a Law Enforcement Officer with a city, county, state, or federal police agency;
  OR
• Are out-of-state law enforcement officers possessing a California POST Basic Course Waiver (BCW), and at least one year of recent, full-time paid experience as a Law Enforcement Officer with a city, county, state, or federal police agency.

Out-of-state applicants are encouraged to apply. In order to qualify for this position, applicants must obtain a California POST BCW prior to applying. Corrections experience is not applicable. Please review the Selection Procedure section of this job announcement for further information.

Deputy Sheriffs commit to providing professional, fair, and compassionate public safety services with integrity and respect. The Deputy Sheriff IIs patrol assigned areas, serve warrants, make arrests, and assist in preliminary criminal investigations. The patrol force operates out of the main office of the Sheriff's Office in Santa Rosa, two substations located in Guerneville, and the Sonoma Valley, as well as two contracted police stations in the Town of Windsor (Windsor Police Department) and the City of Sonoma (Sonoma Police Department).

Currently, patrol shifts are based on either a 4-day, 10-hour or a 3-day, 12-hour work day.

Deputies can be assigned to various work areas including: patrol, civil bureau, personnel, coroner, investigations, prisoner transport, helicopter, marine unit, and court security. They are required to work all shifts and overtime, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

A variety of specialty assignments are also available in the Sheriff's Office. Assignments such as explosive ordinance detail, SWAT team, tactical response team, hostage negotiator, training officer, dog handler, helicopter observer, internal affairs investigator, background investigators, and detective assignments within a variety of investigative units. Specialty assignments are made on a "most qualified"…