Recruitment #15-9999-03
Date Opened | 3/23/2015 12:00:00 AM |
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Filing Deadline | 4/1/2015 5:00:00 PM |
Salary | This is a volunteer position. Incumbents do not receive compensation. |
Employment Type |
Temporary Intermittent (Services-As-Needed/on call)
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HR Analyst | Sam Gee |
Department | Sheriff's Office |
Reserve Deputy Sheriffs, under close supervision, oversee the work and conduct of inmates in a county correctional institution; patrol an area and enforce law and order; receive and serve civil process; maintain order in courts; assist with special investigations; under direction, coordinate emergency services programs and volunteer activities; and perform related work as required.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
Reserve Deputy Sheriffs are characterized by a wide variety of duties assigned to different positions. Reserve Deputy Sheriffs are trained in law enforcement knowledge and skills, may be rotated among posts in the jails, correction facilities, the Coroner's Bureau, patrol districts and investigation; according to Agency needs. When serving in different assignments, incumbents are expected to develop and demonstrate craft, technical and clerical skills, record keeping, and rehabilitation aspects of department functions; however, these, at all times, are subordinate to the fundamental law enforcement and custodial nature of the work. Incumbents, as assigned, will supervise groups of prisoners on work details but do not supervise other regular employees of the Department.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
NOTE: The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all duties listed.
When assigned to custodial duties:
1. Ensures custody and accountability of prisoners; documents daily counts; maintains control in maximum, medium, and minimum security settings by ongoing inspections of cells, barracks, and other detention facilities; regulates the movement of prisoners, staff, and visitors in the jails; supervises the orderly service of meals to the inmates; oversees the recreational and educational programs provided; maintains discipline, and recommends disciplinary action when appropriate; submits comprehensive reports.
2. Supervises inmate workers engaged in such activities as building maintenance, demolition of structures, construction, roads and grounds maintenance, food preparation and service, agricultural programs, animal husbandry, fire suppression, and clerical duties; requisitions, receives, stores, and makes available supplies and foodstuffs.
3. Interviews and classifies inmates to determine appropriate housing and/or job assignment; evaluates past record, medical history, security risk, skills, aptitudes, and interests.
4. Processes prisoners in and out of the jail; completes booking procedures, records, photographs, and fingerprints; takes custody of money, personal articles and clothing, issuing receipts; makes computer entries and inquiries designed to track defendants through the criminal justice system; receives bails and fines; and deals with the public both in person and by telephone.
5. Operates motor vehicles, mobile and portable radios, computer terminals, fire apparatus, farm and construction tools and equipment.
When assigned to patrol and investigation:
1. Patrols assigned beat area, checks homes, business establishments, schools and other features of the area for crime, suspicious circumstances, and hazardous conditions; operates two way radio unit and responds to calls to preserve the peace and enforce laws; apprehends principals, and renders assistance; makes preliminary investigations, obtaining statements and information, preserving and marking evidence; serves criminal and civil papers; transports prisoners and books arrested persons; logs chronologically all patrol activities; prepares reports of crime investigations and arrests; assists local police officers in law enforcement work and gives aid to the public.
2. Secures and photographs evidence at crime scenes; dusts for fingerprints; photographs and lifts latent prints; marks, preserves, and processes evidence for submission to crime laboratory; and acts as expert witness in court.
3. Coordinates and conducts crime prevention programs; speaks before public and private groups; provides demonstrations and displays of crime prevention methods; and serves as technical resource in commercial, residential, and personal security.
When assigned to court duties:
1. As an officer of the court, maintains order and is responsible for total security in the courtroom, including the custody of all prisoners while in court and during movement between court and holding facilities; takes charge of juries and conducts them to designated places; carries out all lawful orders of the court as directed; notes judicial disposition of each case and transmits information as required; may be required to perform other related duties, such as maintaining court library and service and delivery of court documents.
2. Serves civil and criminal processes as directed; prepares reports of service and makes returns to courts of origin; takes property into custody and arranges for transportation and storage or places a keeper in charge of property; makes evictions and turns property over to plaintiff; posts notices of sale; auctions property and issues certificates of sale.
3. Waits on counter to receive civil papers, collects fees and issues receipts; receives and verifies amount of bond and bail money; checks documents for seal and signature; verifies ownership of automobiles and businesses; maintains record of money received and disbursements; deposits funds; files cross reference cards, register of actions cards, and folders.
When assigned to Emergency Services Division:
Under day to day direction of the Assistant Director, Office of Emergency Services, and under supervision of Sergeant similarly directed:
1. Assists in preparation of fire and rescue elements of county's and client cities' emergency preparedness plans.
2. Assists in planning and conducting simulated emergency exercises.
3. Recruits and provides for training of volunteers in the fire, rescue, and underwater rescue services, including radiological monitoring and hazardous material precautions.
4. Maintains inventory of property and vehicles assigned to Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.
5. Coordinates response of volunteer units to mutual aid requests; prepares reports of activity on ad hoc periodic basis.
When assigned to the Coroner's Bureau:
1. Makes routine inspections of bodies involved in traumatic or unexpected deaths as well as the scene of the incidents; assists with the removal of the bodies to the morgue; maintains custody of the property of deceased persons; identifies and notifies next of kin; prepares records for burial of indigent and unclaimed dead and assists with their disposition.
2. Prepares reports detailing all cases investigated and prepares Coroner's Verdicts for the Commanding Officer utilizing police reports, Coroner's reports and pathological records; assists pathologists with autopsies.
3. Supervises shift operations in absence of Lieutenant, reviewing case assignments, approving reports; maintains supplies, building, grounds, etc.; acts as liaison with General Services Agency.
When assigned to other duties:
1. Transports prisoners to and from holding facilities, courts, and state institutions; performs extradition duties as required and directed.
2. Assists superior in organizing departmental training programs and teaches courses.
3. Performs recruitment duties in coordination with other governmental and private agencies; interviews and conducts background investigation of applicants and prepares reports of findings.
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Sam Gee
Personnel Services Manager
Human Resource Services Division-County of Alameda
510-267-9492 www.acgov.org
Alameda County is an Equal Opportunity Employer