Captain, , Security

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the coordination, supervision, and direction of a correctional security program, maintaining security, control, and custody of inmates, complying with policies, procedures, rules and regulations, and facilitating the successful operation of a state adult correctional facility.

• Coordinates and supervises or directs correctional security functions and activities at an adult correctional facility; may serve as a shift supervisor with responsibility for all assigned units and functions in a medium or maximum security facility or as the chief of security in a minimum security facility.
• May serve as commander of a correctional emergency response team; schedules training exercises and coordinates activities.
• Conducts special investigations, particularly concerning incidents that occur during assigned shifts.
• Coordinates and supervises security, riot and escape procedures, including procedures for inmate counts and searches for escape materials and contraband.
• Prepares daily work schedules for security personnel; prepares and maintains appropriate records concerning employees and residents.
• Conducts inspections of assigned staff at beginning of shift to assure proper attire and fitness for duty; makes periodic inspections of posts to assure that they are properly maintained; prepares administrative reports concerning the operation of the shift.
• Acts as liaison to local law enforcement agencies; provides information and file changes; arranges court appearances.
• Responsible for SMU and/or restricted housing, depending on facility security level.
• Serves as a member of the administrative institutional staff; participates in the formulation of institutional policies, rules and regulations.
• Provides a leadership role to subordinate correctional officers and correctional security managers. Serves as a positive role model.
• Completes performance reviews for subordinates, administers progressive discipline, monitors and approves officers' time, and clears exceptions.
• Enforces institutional rules and regulations; maintains security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting, standing, and/or walking.

At this level employees serve as a correctional security captain with overall responsibility for the operations of an assigned shift within a correctional security facility, as well as supervision of staff. Responsibilities may involve ensuring the proper functioning of the electronic, mechanical, surveillance, and physical security systems; overseeing physical and sanitary conditions; special investigations; adherence to operational and policy protocols; directing the correctional emergency response team;

and assumption of the operation and management of the facility after normal business hours or in the absence of the chief of security.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required at this level include knowledge of supervisory methods and techniques; of staffing patterns and scheduling the distri

No person who has received a verdict of guilty or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any offense required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act is eligible for employment as a peace officer. (57 O.S. 589.C)

No person who has been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude who has not received a full pardon from the proper agency is eligible for employment as a peace officer. (70 O.S. 3311)

No person who has been convicted of a nonviolent felony and who has not received a full pardon from the proper authority, or who has been convicted of any other felony offense, is eligible for employment in this job classification. (21 O.S. 1283.B)

No person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, who has not been pardoned for, or had the conviction expunged or set aside, or is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or the partners' child or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner or the partners' child in reasonable fear of bodily injury and includes a finding that the person is a credible threat;

or who has been dishonorably discharged from any branch of the armed services is eligible for employment in this job classification. (18 U.S.C. 922)

The Department of Corrections has determined that some positions in this job family are safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. § 427.8