Deputy Sheriff Job Bloomington area,Minnesota USA,Government

The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office (“OCSO”) hiring process is conducted in compliance with the OCSO Civil Service Commission Rules and Regulations. The purpose of this process is to create an Eligibility Roster of candidates who are qualified for appointment to a Deputy Sheriff position with OCSO. The roster is valid for one year with exact dates established by the OCSO Civil Service Commission.

Deputy Sheriffs are selected from the Eligibility Roster as vacancies arise.

The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office offers a ride-along program to applicants who express interest. To schedule a ride-along with a staff member, please use the following link:
Ride-Along | Olmsted County, MN.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must meet ONE of the following requirements in order to proceed to the competitive examination phase of the hiring process:

Have an active Minnesota POST license and meet the requirements for maintaining such license; or

Have approval from, or have applied for approval from, the Minnesota POST Board to take the Licensing Reciprocity Exam; or

Have approval from, or have applied for approval from, the Minnesota POST Board to take the Peace Officer Licensing Exam; or

Have approval from, or have applied for approval from, the Minnesota POST Board to take the Reinstatement of Eligibility Exam; or

Have approval from, or have applied for approval from, the Minnesota POST Board to take the License Restoration Exam.

Be Minnesota POST license eligible by the time a conditional job offer is made.

Additional information about Minnesota POST Board exams is available here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..aspx

In addition to possessing one of the above qualifications, applicants must have the following in order to proceed to the competitive examination phase of the hiring process:

U.S. Citizenship; and

Possession of a valid driver’s license.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT FROM THE ELIGIBILITY ROSTER

To be eligible for appointment as a Deputy Sheriff from the Eligibility Roster, you must live within Olmsted County or any of the surrounding counties to include Dodge, Goodhue, Mower, Fillmore, Winona or Wabasha counties and:

Have an active Minnesota POST license and meet the requirements for maintaining such license; or

Be Minnesota POST license eligible by the time a conditional job offer is made. This means that you have completed and passed the appropriate Minnesota POST Board Examination.

Individuals will be required to complete a pre-employment and any potential post-accident drug test as these positions are deemed safety sensitive. Regardless of Minnesota statute, marijuana and other drugs will disqualify individuals from initial and continued employment.

HIRING PROCESS

The steps listed below are followed in sequence. Failure at any step removes the applicant from any further consideration from that point on. Applicants will be notified of their status after each step.

APPLICATIONS Applicants must fully complete and submit the application form online by the closing date or return the application postmarked by the closing date. Applications will be accepted only from those who currently meet the minimum qualifications. Applicants must identify on their applications which qualifications they meet.

ORAL INTERVIEWS Oral examinations consist of two interviews, each scheduled for thirty-minute timeslots. The second interview occurs immediately after the first. The members of the interview panels ask a series of predetermined questions and assign a numeric score to each response. Candidates must score a minimum of 70% on each of the two interviews in order to proceed to the next step.

Oral interviews will take place at the Regional Public Safety Training Center on:
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 and T…