Corrections Officer; Lateral Entry

LATERAL OFFICER INCENTIVES

Hiring Bonus of $15,000
for lateral corrections officers hired by the City of Puyallup. The incentive is paid $7,500 at completion of Corrections Training Officer (CTO) program and $7,500 paid at completion of probation.*

Vacation Leave
– New lateral officers will receive 80 hours of vacation leave in their vacation leave bank upon completion of the CTO program.

Sick Leave
– New lateral officers will receive 80 hours of sick leave in their sick leave bank upon completion of the CTO program.

SALARY AND BENEFITS
$7,193.94 - $7,517.64 Monthly Salary.

Puyallup Corrections Officers have opportunity to receive additional pay, including:

• Shift Differential:
  Corrections officers work 12-hour shifts consisting of three consecutive days on followed by three days off. The shifts are  for dayshift and  for night shift. Employees receive a shift differential of 5.1%.
• Education Incentive Pay: Bachelor's Degree 4% and Associate Degree 2%.
• Longevity Pay, beginning at 5 years of service.
• Bilingual Pay - 1% premium.

The City of Puyallup offers highly competitive, well-regarded Group Insurance. Medical premiums are 100% paid after the first calendar year provided the employee meets the wellness program incentives, with modest premiums the first year. Group insurance includes medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, plus life and long-term disability insurance coverage for employees.

* In the event an employee separates from employment prior to three years of employment the employee must pay back the full hiring bonus.

ABOUT OUR WORK AND DEPARTMENT

The Puyallup Police Department is a growing, mid-sized law enforcement agency, which is committed to problem-oriented policing. The department is divided into divisions:
Patrol, Investigations, Professional Services, Corrections, and Administration. The department has achieved a high level of automation in recent years, and continues to seek modern and innovative service enhancements. The City enjoys the advantage of operating its own 365-day Detention Facility. The Corrections division includes a Captain and 16 corrections employees.

Corrections Officers are responsible for prisoner processing and detention. Work involves performing a variety of duties related to the effective operation of the city jail and providing court room security as an armed court bailiff. Primary responsibility is for processing prisoners into jail, ensuring their safekeeping while in jail, in transit, or in court and processing out of jail. Work requires a considerable amount of contact with prisoners with medical, mental health, and developmental disability issues who may use abusive language or become violent;

with citizens in explaining provisions of ordinances and in writing citations for violations of ordinances. Error in work can result in being assaulted by prisoners, prisoners escaping or not being given medications as instructed, or in improper citation of citizens. Work is performed in the jail or outdoors in a variety of weather conditions and requires the safe operation of a van or automobile.

SUPERVISION

The Corrections Officer reports directly to the Corrections Sergeant in the Police Department. After an initial training period, employees perform duties without direct supervision except for unusual or difficult problems occasionally encountered when assistance or advice may be required. When working in the jail, employees may be responsible for assigning duties to jail trustees.

• Receives prisoners from arresting officers and books prisoners into the jail facility, takes pictures, takes fingerprints, and completes a variety of records;
• Searches prisoners (same or opposite gender); inventories and secures prisoners' property;
• Applies physical force required if necessary to restrain an intoxicated, suicidal, rowdy or abusive prisoner;
• Directs the activities of trustees or personally prepares and serves meals to prisoners, cleans jail areas and other related duties;
• Issues jail clothing, bedding and personal items to prisoners;
• Escorts visitors and prisoners to and from court hearings, ensures that jail standards are being enforced; maintains…