Correctional Officer

This is a continuous recruitment for the Inyo County Sheriff Office Correctional Officer positions. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified applicants will be placed into an eligibility pool. Periodically, applicants from the pool will be invited to participate in the Physical Agility Test and Written Examination.

Applicants only need to submit one application to be considered for the next recruitment pull and should not submit multiple applications during the same recruitment period. Following each recruitment pull, applicants who were not selected to participate in the testing process and who wish to be considered for future recruitment pulls must submit a new application.
Please do not submit multiple applications between recruitment pulls, as only one application per applicant will be considered for each testing cycle.

• Oversees the security and conduct of inmates
• Supervises trustees in performance of routine custodial work
• Processes prisoners for commitment, release, or transfer from detention facilities
• Prepares required records
• Issues clothing to inmates
• Maintains records of inmates and their personal property
• Recommends work assignments for inmates
• Visually and physically inspects inmates and their quarters, for contraband, weapons, or narcotics
• Checks on sanitary conditions and orderliness of quarters
• Promotes acceptable inmate attitude and behavior
• Confers with supervisors and custody-related service providers regarding behavioral and other inmate problems
• Participates in programs designed to prepare inmates for release
• Checks buildings and nearby grounds for irregular circumstances related to possible or attempted escape of prisoners
• Answers telephone inquiries and at the counter inquiries pertaining to jail policies and individual prisoners
• Receives and gives receipts for bail money
• Dispenses prescribed medications to prisoners
• Provides transportation for inmates
• Assists with public safety dispatching
• Prepares written reports
• Other related duties as assigned

A high school graduate or equivalent with one year of public contact experience.

• Security and emergency procedures
• Rules, regulations, practices, and procedures in the day-today operation and control of the County jail
• Modern methods and techniques of discipline as they relate to persons under criminal confinement
• Inmate supervision techniques, including supervision of special inmates
• Criminal attitudes and behavioral patterns, and social factors underlying criminal behavior
• Inmate attitudes and behavior
• Minority group relations
• Inmate disciplinary grievance procedures
• Fire safety
• Defensive tactics
• Movement of prisoners
• Legal responsibilities and liabilities
• Report writing
• Collection, identification, and preservation of evidence
• Judicial procedures
• Courtroom demeanor and testifying
• Inmate correctional programs
• Laws pertaining to local detention and holding areas
• Care and operation of small firearms and other law enforcement equipment
• First aid and CPR

• Observe, remember, and record events accurately
• Learn, interpret and enforce jail rules, regulations, and other policies with firmness, tact, and impartiality
• Effectively control, direct, and instruct inmates, individually and in groups
• Speak, read, and write English
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions
• Make quick effective and responsible decisions in emergencies and to take appropriate action including physically restraining violent inmates
• Promote acceptable attitudes and behavior of inmates while in confinement
• Prepare and present clear and comprehensive written and oral reports
• Met and maintain standards of physical endurance and agility
• Use and care for firearms and other law enforcement equipment
• Learn and properly use standard broadcasting procedures of a police radio system
• Work cooperatively with those contacted in the course of work

• Height and weight must be proportionate
• Hearing normal; vision 20/100 corrected to 20/30
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk; run and jump
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel…