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Deputy Sheriff Jobs in Newport News, VA at Newport News Sheriffs Office
Title: Deputy Sheriff
Company: Newport News Sheriffs Office
Location: Newport News, VA
The Newport News Sheriff’s Office has one of the BEST Salary and Benefits packages for our Deputies and their family in Hampton Roads.For the 7th time, we are the only Law Enforcement agency in Virginia and only 1 of 3 agencies in the country to be voted as a Best for Vets Employer.Our Deputy Sheriffs work assigned 12-hour shifts (no rotating shifts), work 14 days a month and are off every other weekend! Our accelerated hiring process gets you Paid training before, during and after the academy. Apply now to start your Law Enforcement career!General Statement Of ResponsibilitiesPerforms responsible work related to intake and classification of new inmates; supervision of inmates in custody; serves as bailiff/security in general district, circuit, juvenile, civil and domestic relations courts; serves civil processes (legal documents); transports inmates; supervises work programs and inmate workers and performs general law enforcement duties. As a Deputy Sheriff duties may also include work in related areas of law enforcement, corrections, security, criminal justice, jail operations, court operations, as well as police, sheriff, and local and federal task force operations.
Work Behavior Statements/Job ResponsibilitiesDeputies will be rotated and assigned to the City Jail, Court Services, Civil Process duties or any other special duties or projects as required. Typical responsibilities may include:
Processes inmates in and out of the jail; performs searches and a complete inspection of the inmate upon entry to the jail; collects and inspects personal articles, clothing and money and issues receipts; performs basic medical screening; verifies warrants and commitment orders; takes photos and fingerprints and DNA tests when necessary; enters charges into computer systems, searches for outstanding warrants and communicates with other federal and state departments and local jurisdictions; escorts inmates to and from the Magistrate.
Interviews inmates and ensures that each inmate is correctly classified and housed in appropriate location within the jail; maintains the record board identifying each inmate and where they are housed. When appropriate, ensures inmates are segregated and/or isolated from the general jail population or from each other.
Supervises inmates and maintains a high level of security and control. Supervision of inmates may be on an assigned floor, during meals, recreation, religious services, classroom programs, work detail, or courtroom/medical facility transports and jail escorts between activities. May also monitor security of the jail from the control room using radios, intercoms and cameras, or may use a two-deputy escort system when inmates are fully restrained. Prevents escapes and injury; searches for and recaptures escaped inmates.
Conducts inspections and searches of inmates, cells and mail for contraband and weapons to ensure security of the jail; regularly conducts inmate headcounts and security checks with more frequent counts of identified “at risk” inmates.
Distributes food according to dietary needs; issues bedding, clothing and other supplies; ensures a clean and sanitary housing environment; conducts regular inventories of equipment/supplies and submits supply requisitions as necessary.
Accurately maintains inmate files and ensures data is accurately input into LIDS and CJIS systems and that inmates are confined or released according to the Judges Order; liaises with ot…
