Detention Deputy - Entry Level

Job Opportunity With Weld County Sheriff's Office

If you are interested in law enforcement and looking for an opportunity to start from the ground up and grow a career with Weld County Sheriff's Office, we have the beginning of an amazing career waiting for you!

Our Mission

The Weld County Jail will accept and lawfully hold prisoners in a safe, humane, wholesome environment that returns people to the community better, or no worse, than they arrived.

The Weld County Sheriff's Office offers multiple additional assignments to include:

• Detective/Investigations
• Drug Task Force
• Canine Team (K9)
• SWAT Team (Special Weapons and Tactics)
• STRIKE Team (High Impact Task Force)
• FET (Field Evidence Technician/Crime Scene Investigation)
• FTO (Field Training Officer)
• Drone Pilot
• Honor Guard
• Bomb Squad
• Courts Unit

The Weld County Sheriff's Office sponsors up to 10 employees per year to attend a P.O.S.T. (Peace Officers Standards and Training) academy. This academy certifies our employees to advance their career in law enforcement to be a deputy sheriff or police officer on the street. Start your career in law enforcement with the best at Weld County!

A Detention Deputy relies heavily upon interpersonal communication skills, physical techniques and tactics, and writing skills to safely, effectively, and efficiently manage jail operations. Jail operations include performing activities necessary to maintain the health, safety, security, and welfare of jail staff and incarcerated individuals (inmates). All shift assignments are on a yearly bid basis and we maintain jail functions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The following are the steps for the hiring process:

Step 1:
Online assessment through the National Testing Network (NTN). Be sure you select Corrections (for the Detentions position) and Law Enforcement (for the Patrol position). You have the option to take the test from your home computer or select a test site. If you have taken the NTN assessment in the past year for another agency, you may have it moved to Weld County.

Step 2: PAT (Physical Abilities Test).

Please select a date to take the test using the link below.

The course is located outside, on the South side of the Weld Food Bank.

1104 H Street (near this location - NOT in the building)

Greeley, CO 80631

Please wear workout attire.

Step 3:
Background Check

The deputy will give you a background packet at the PAT OR you may pick one up at one of two locations (HR 1150 O street OR Sheriff's Office Administration Building 1950 O st). Instructions and the hiring steps are included in the packet.

Step 4:
Polygraph - scheduled by the polygraph examiner.

Step 5:
Drug Screen scheduled by a Sheriff's Office Employee.

Step 6:
Physical fitness examination - scheduled by a Sheriff's Office Employee.

Step 7:
Psychological Exam
-scheduled by the polygraph examiner.

Step 8:
Hired.

• Continuously ensures safety and security of inmates, staff, visitors, and the public; facilitates and protects the Constitutional rights of all persons, including, but not limited to; access to medical and dental care, law library, religious activities, legal representation, and due process.
• Directly, and indirectly, supervises inmate activities within housing units.
• Observe inmates and maintain alertness to detect, deter, or prevent self-destructive or criminal behaviors including, but not limited to; suicide, escape, assault, theft, escape, criminal mischief, extortion, ethnic intimidation and introduction of contraband.
• Observe inmates to detect and refer medical conditions to professional medical personnel and facilitate medical treatment; or identify crisis counseling situations and make referrals to professional counseling staff for inmate safety and security.
• Documents inmate behavior, housing unit activity, unusual conditions and/or events to maintain accurate records of inmate behavior and housing unit activity.
• Conducts regular inspections, and requests repairs or maintenance to the facility or equipment, when needed.
• Collects and properly distributes mail, inmate complaint forms, inmate supplies and laundry, meals and written in-house communication; and properly accepts documents, packages, money, and safely…