Deputy Sheriff​/Deputy Sheriff

Full-time, non-exempt Deputy Sheriff 1 and Deputy Sheriff positions at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office perform law‑enforcement and crime‑prevention work. Responsibilities include enforcing state and local laws and traffic regulations, performing technical and administrative tasks in support of the Sheriff’s Office, preserving the peace, detaining and interviewing violators, apprehending suspects, responding to assistance calls, and caring for and maintaining custody of inmates in the Detention Center.

Although recreational marijuana use in Nevada is legal, marijuana usage is illegal on a federal level; recent use may result in a disqualification.

• Must obtain Nevada P.O.S.T. Category I Basic Certificate and Nevada P.O.S.T. Category III Basic Certificate within 18 months of employment.
• Salary: $26.4787 – $27.5379 per hour; $55 075.80 – $57 278.78 annually.

• Must have Nevada P.O.S.T. Category I Basic Certificate and/or Nevada P.O.S.T. Category III Basic Certificate at the time of hire.
• Salary: $30.8456 – $39.0294 per hour; $64 158.90 – $81 181.10 annually.

Recruitment will include a written test, an oral interview, a physical agility test, a background investigation, a physical and psychological examination, and a Voice Stress Analysis examination. The POST Physical Fitness Test consists of the following components:

• 14‑inch vertical jump
• Illinois Agility Run (19.5 seconds or less)
• 30 sit‑ups (1 minute or less)
• 23 push‑ups (no time limit)
• 300‑meter run (68 seconds or less)
• 1.5‑mile run/walk (16:57 minutes or less)

An eligibility list is being established with this recruitment. All candidates who apply will automatically be placed on an eligibility list for six (6) months and may be considered for any future vacancies within that time period.

This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all‑inclusive. Incumbents may be expected to perform other job‑related duties and may be required to have specific knowledge and skills.

• Assist with the operation of jail facilities (court transportation, classification, booking, release, medical treatment, meals, exercise, personal hygiene, and supervision of inmates in the Carson City detention center).
• Collaborate with Sheriff’s Office personnel, other city and outside law‑enforcement organizations, and businesses to accomplish tasks; maintain the integrity, professionalism, attitudes, positive values, and goals of the Sheriff’s Office by ensuring all rules and regulations are followed.
• Identify, attend, and/or conduct training, educational programs, and seminars; participate in and present preventive education and information through community and school awareness projects.
• Patrol and secure assigned areas, looking for illegal, hazardous, and suspicious activities and persons; provide scene security and protect emergency personnel; operate office vehicles safely, maintain, and clean them; pursue and arrest law violators and criminals.
• Enforce local, state, and federal laws; enforce compliance with regulations and ordinances; maintain traffic enforcement through traffic stops via warnings and citations; investigate traffic accidents.
• Respond to emergency and non‑emergency calls; interrogate suspects, communicate with victims, witnesses, and suspects; identify and collect evidence; complete detailed reports and paperwork using good English grammar and spelling; perform search and surveillance duties.
• Represent the Office at court hearings and testify in court cases; serve arrest and search warrants; enforce child and adult orders of protection.

Applicants must swear by affidavit that they are not disqualified from serving as a peace officer and meet the requirements set out in NAC 289.110.

• Deputy Sheriff: Equivalent to a high school education or GED; and certification by a Nevada P.O.S.T. police training academy, Category I and/or Category III certification at time of hire.
• Deputy Sheriff 1, Non‑POST Certified: Equivalent to a high school education or GED; and certification by a Nevada P.O.S.T. police training academy, Category I & Category III within 18 months of…