Deputy Sheriff:PW:92:T3 Position Available In Citrus, Florida

• Veterans Preference
• Before you apply for a position as Deputy Sheriff, you must fall in one of the following categories:
• Be currently law enforcement certified in Florida. OR
• Be registered or attending the police academy at an approved school in Florida. OR
• Be registered or attending the Equivalency of Training (EOT) at an approved school in Florida.
• DEPUTY SHERIFFCitrus County Sheriff’s Office

• STARTING PAY RATE

  $26.27/hour

• POSITION/HOURS

  Full-time position working 12-hour rotating shifts, includes nights, weekends and holidays.

• JOB LOCATION

  Citrus County, FL

• REPORTS TO:

  Shift Commander

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JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

Deputy Sheriffs adopt a community policing philosophy that focuses on enforcing the law and serving the Citrus County community by developing relationships and partnerships with businesses and the citizens of Citrus County.

• ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes public safety in assigned patrol area
• Responds to calls in a timely manner
• Develops relationships with community organizations, business, and individual citizens
• Acts as liaison between agency and community including civil and domestic disturbances
• Conducts traffic enforcement
• Investigates traffic crashes and directs traffic around crashes, congested areas, and hazards
• Pursues vehicles safely
• Conducts felony stops
• Checks dwellings, other buildings, grounds and personal property to ensure their security
• Identifies elements of DUI’s and properly administers field sobriety tests
• Retrieves suspect/vehicle/dispatch/service call information from the computer
• Utilizes all available resources to develop leads, analyze evidence, and determine if an investigation is warranted
• Apprehends suspect(s) using the appropriate level of force
• Collects latent fingerprints, photographs, and crime scene evidence
• Interviews persons in a professional manner
• Testifies at trials, hearings, grand juries, and depositions
• Prepares clear, concise reports or affidavits
• Identifies and monitors known criminal offenders/gang members
• Identifies, packages, seals and labels collected evidence and impounds vehicles
• Completes all assignments to specifications.
• All CCSO employees are considered essential emergency workers and are subject to working in any capacity/hours deemed necessary by the Agency during activations, including but not limited to, in-County and out-of-County deployments.

• REQUIRED EDUCATION

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification of competency.

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