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Citrus County Sheriff's Office

STARTING PAY RATE: $26.27/hour

JOB TYPE: Full-time position working 12-hour rotating shifts, includes nights, weekends and holidays.

JOB LOCATION: Citrus County, FL

REPORTS TO: Shift Commander

JOB SUMMARY/

PURPOSE:

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, business, 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 DUIs 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.

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification of competency.
• Completion of a certified Florida Academy program or Officer Training equivalency program.
• Passing score on the State Office Certification Examination.

• Demonstrates appropriate officer safety techniques.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to think and act quickly, calmly, and appropriately in emergency situations.
• Excellent problem solving and prioritization skills.
• Ability to use a 2-way radio.
• Ability to read, interpret, and follow procedural and policy manuals.
• Ability to achieve and contribute to organizational goals.
• Ability to subdue and control persons using the appropriate level of force.
• Knowledge of geographical jurisdiction.
• Strong working knowledge of computer software programs and Microsoft Office.
• Keyboarding skills.

• Must be at least 19 years of age.
• Must have the legal right to work in the United States.
• Good moral character.

• Travel for county-wide coverage required.
• An assigned vehicle will be issued by the Agency.
• Usage fee for out-of-county residents.

• An element of personal danger.
• High levels of physical, emotional and mental stress.
• All weather conditions.

• Ability to occasionally lift up to 100 lbs.
• Requires long periods of sitting,…