Deputy Sheriff:T3

Overview

Deputy Sheriffs adopt a community policing philosophy that focuses on enforcing the law and serving the Citrus County community by developing relationships and partnerships with businesses and the citizens of Citrus County.

• Promotes public safety in assigned patrol area.
• Responds to calls in a timely manner.
• Develops relationships with community organizations, businesses, and individual citizens.
• Acts as liaison between agency and community including civil and domestic disturbances.
• Conducts traffic enforcement.
• Investigates traffic crashes and directs traffic around crashes, congested areas, and hazards.
• Pursues vehicles safely.
• Conducts felony stops.
• Checks dwellings, other buildings, grounds and personal property to ensure their security.
• Identifies elements of DUI and properly administers field sobriety tests.
• Retrieves suspect/vehicle/dispatch/service call information from the computer.
• Utilizes all available resources to develop leads, analyze evidence, and determine if an investigation is warranted.
• Apprehends suspect(s) using the appropriate level of force.
• Collects latent fingerprints, photographs, and crime scene evidence.
• Interviews persons in a professional manner.
• Testifies at trials, hearings, grand juries, and depositions.
• Prepares clear, concise reports or affidavits.
• Identifies and monitors known criminal offenders/gang members.
• Identifies, packages, seals and labels collected evidence and impounds vehicles.
• Completes all assignments to specifications.
• All CCSO employees are considered essential emergency workers and are subject to working in any capacity/hours deemed necessary by the Agency during activations, including but not limited to, in-County and out-of-County deployments.

• BEFORE you apply for a position as Deputy Sheriff, you must fall in one of the following categories:
• Be currently law enforcement certified in Florida.
• Veterans Preference
• Be registered or attending the police academy at an approved school in Florida.
• Be registered or attending the Equivalency of Training (EOT) at an approved school in Florida.
• REQUIRED
  
  EDUCATION:
  
  High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification of competency.

• STARTING PAY RATE: $26.27/hour
• POSITION/
  
  HOURS:
  
  Full-time position working 12-hour rotating shifts, includes nights, weekends and holidays.
• JOB LOCATION:
  
  Citrus County, FL
• REPORTS TO:
  
  Shift Commander