Correctional Deputy Sheriff​/Dispatcher I​/II

Definition

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Under supervision, to work in a training capacity, learning to supervise inmates at the County Detention Facility and maintain facility security; to learn procedures and methods for the care, custody, and confinement of inmates; to oversee work details and leisure activities; to learn to receive and dispatch non-emergency and emergency radio and telephone communications to law enforcement, emergency medical, and other public safety personnel as Public Safety Answering Point for the 911 System;

to maintain field communications during incidents; to perform general office support assignments; and to do related work as required.

Under general supervision, to supervise inmates at the County Detention Facility according to laws, regulations, and policies of the State of California and Trinity County; to enforce facility rules and maintain facility security; to be responsible for the care, custody, and confinement of inmates during an assigned shift; to oversee work details and leisure activities; to receive and dispatch non-emergency and emergency radio and telephone communications to law enforcement, emergency medical, and other public safety personnel as Public Safety Answering Point for the 911 System;

to maintain field communications during incidents; to perform general office support assignments; and to do related work as required.

(The following is used as a partial description and is not restrictive as to duties required.)

Assists with supervision of inmates in the County Detention Facility; may oversee inmates during leisure time activities and on work details; checks work areas to insure that inmates are working on assigned projects; sees that facilities, cells, and grounds are kept sanitary; conducts periodic block checks; learns procedures and performs searches of inmates; performs searches of cells and other areas for contraband;

maintains discipline among inmates; opens and censors incoming mail; maintains and updates Detention Facility records; responds to inquiries regarding inmate detention and Detention Facility policies within constraints of Department regulations; learns to receive and book inmates; learns fingerprinting and takes photographs; learns to assign prisoners to cells according to the Facility classification plan; learns requirements and releases prisoners on proper authorization, returning personal property and clothing;

may testify in court and before disciplinary boards; delivers pre-packaged medications, according to specific instructions; learns methods and procedures and investigates incidents and violations of rules at the facility for disciplinary reports and possible citation or arrest; collects and secures evidence; may transport inmates to and from court, medical appointments, and other institutions; supervises inmates and visitors during visiting hours;

serves warrants; operates a centralized control system controlling access and movement in the Facility.

Answers the telephone, receiving and classifying calls; learns and exercises basic responsibility in determining priority of response and dispatching appropriate Emergency Medical and other Public Safety units, according to availability, assigned geographic area, and location, to non-emergency and emergency calls; maintains field communications for public safety checks, and during emergencies and incidents; transfers emergency calls to other agencies as warranted; monitors various public safety radio channels, and coordinates efforts in dispatching personnel and equipment;

maintains records/logs of calls for services, radio transmissions, and telephone messages using the computer; establishes chain of custody/evidence of communications dispatcher records; enters and clears information on the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems (CLETS) to assist personnel with calls; operates the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD); sends, receives, and decodes teletype information; enters and tracks restraining orders into local, state & national data base systems;

coordinates interagency law enforcement communications using telephone radio and computer with emergency medical and public safety activities; processes warrants; updates daily dispatching logs; performs a wide variety of general office assistance assignments; operates dispatching, office equipment, and computers; provides information to other staff and the public.

Supervises inmates in the County Detention Facility; oversees inmates during leisure time activities and on work details; checks work areas to insure that inmates are working on assigned projects; sees that facilities, cells, and grounds are kept sanitary; conducts periodic block checks; performs searches of inmates;…