Sheriff's Technician

Overview

PLEASE READ THE COMPLETE JOB DESCRIPTION BEFORE APPLYING.

ABOUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is a full-service law enforcement agency accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for its law enforcement services, its Regional Training Center, and its Dispatch Unit; the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board for its Crime Lab; the Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board for its Explosive Ordinance Unit.

Additionally, the agency's health care provider, Wellpath, has experience working with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).

The Sheriff's Office has a current budget of approximately $600 million and has over 1600 authorized positions, including in excess of 1000 sworn personnel. The agency's Chief Executive Officer is Sheriff / Coroner Yesenia L. Sanchez, who is assisted in the operation of the agency by Undersheriff April Luckett-Fahimi, Assistant Sheriffs Daniel McNaughton and Pace Stokes.

The Sheriff of Alameda County is responsible for a vast array of tasks and duties, including the following:

• Providing security to the Consolidated Superior Courts
• Operating the Coroner's Bureau
• Operating full-service criminalistics laboratory
• Performing Civil Process
• Operating a County Jail (Santa Rita)
• Operating the County Office of Emergency Services
• Providing patrol and investigative services to the unincorporated areas of Alameda County
• Pursuant to contractual agreements, providing patrol and investigative services to the City of Dublin, Oakland International Airport, Highland County Hospital, Social Services, and to the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
• Conducting a basic academy pursuant to Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) requirements. [Sheriff's Academy website]
• Providing Fish and Game enforcement
• Project Director of the Narcotics Task Force
• Serving as the Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force

For more detailed information about the agency, visit:
Alameda County's Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff’s Technicians, under general supervision perform duties related to law enforcement functions that do not require the assignment of a Deputy Sheriff; and do related work as required. Sheriff’s Technicians are assigned throughout the Sheriff’s Office. Positions in this class are filled with unarmed, non-sworn employees who work rotating shifts, weekends and holidays, within various divisions of the Sheriff’s Office throughout the County.

This class is distinguished from Deputy Sheriffs, who have peace officer responsibilities.

For more detailed information about the job classification, visit:
Sheriffu
2019s Technician (#8755).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• The equivalent of six months full-time experience in the classification of Sheriff’s Safety Aide in the Alameda County Classified service
• The equivalent of one-year full-time experience in a clerical position (60 semester units from an accredited college or university may substitute for 6 months of the clerical experience)
• The equivalent of two years honorable service in the United States Military

License:
Must possess a valid California State Motor Vehicle Operator's License.

• A thorough background investigation will be conducted of all prospective Sheriff’s Technicians to ensure they are suitable for law enforcement related work.
• Hearing must be normal in each ear.
• Vision must be correctable to at least 20/20 in each eye, and free from color blindness and permanent abnormality in either eye.
• Sheriff’s Technicians must be at least 18 years of age at the time of appointment.
• Sheriff’s Technicians are assigned to…