Sheriff's Office Court Services Specialist

Sheriff's Office Court Services Specialist

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This position is assigned to the Adams County Detention Facility.

This person will perform a variety of criminal justice and corrections duties related to Pretrial Release, Pretrial Supervision, Classifications, Inmate Workers, Work Release, Time Computation, and State Offenders.

This is an essential 24/7 position. Employees must be able to work rotating shifts. Hours vary by assignment.

• Under general supervision, performs a variety of criminal justice and corrections duties related to Pretrial Release, Pretrial Supervision, Classifications, Inmate Workers, Work Release, Time Computation and State Offenders
• Contribute to a positive team environment
• Interview detainees to obtain detailed information, verify alleged offenses, and communicate with agencies, officials, family, friends, and employers of detainees
• Utilize law enforcement databases and prepare related documents, including establishing and maintaining files
• Serve as an officer of the court in hearings and testify in court
• Manage and coordinate housing assignments and inmate labor jobs according to risk for inmates confined to the Detention Facility
• Supervise defendants charged with felonies, misdemeanors, traffic, or petty offenses placed in a Court Services program while in custody and when released pending court deposition
• Monitor and report the compliance or non‑compliance of defendants during field site checks and substance abuse testing via urinalysis
• Maintain extensive contact with judicial and law enforcement officials, public defenders, private attorneys, parole officers, the general public, defendants under supervision, and incarcerated individuals
• Perform general clerical tasks and extensive computer entry into local and state systems
• Compute release dates
• Track county, community, and state inmates
• Collect genetic testing bucal swab samples as mandated by state statute
• Report to the Court Services Supervisor
• Interview newly arrested inmates for Pre‑trial Release, Supervised Release, Classifications, Inmate Worker and Work Release consideration
• Review, verify, and approve client/inmate participation in work release and inmate worker programs and housing assignments
• Develop and maintain work rosters
• Maintain accurate records of current population and inmate status
• Write disciplinary records of current population and inmate status
• Prepare, serve, and complete disciplinary sanctions and tracking logs
• Interview incoming inmates and verify personal information for bond purposes
• Provide background information, criminal history, and recommendations to the court, district attorney, and defense attorney concerning bond
• Prepare general correspondence
• Record and evaluate clients/inmates progress on court‑approved programs, preparing compliance and non‑compliance reports
• Compute and verify accurate release dates for inmate sentences from court mittimus
• Input charges and sentence information into computer database
• Record and prepare daily statistics for Department of Corrections backlog, parole violators, community placement, and community corrections related to inmate status
• Prepare general correspondence for judicial and law enforcement review regarding inmate status
• Place detainers with other facilities via teletype and fax
• Verbally communicate information to agencies, including judicial and law enforcement officials, inmates, defendants, clients, and the general public
• Research and track the location of Adams County sentenced inmates in other facilities or programs
• Conduct bucal swab genetic testing from inmates in accordance with state law, collecting, sealing, and sending samples to Colorado Bureau of Investigations for testing
• Complete electronic mittimus acceptance and transport orders on Department of Corrections inmates
• Maintain certification for CCIC/NCIC computer system to obtain criminal history and warrant information on inmates
• Arrange for interpreters through the justice system
• Conduct bond modification interviews at the request of courts and attorneys
• Schedule…