Corrections Officer; Entry Level

ENTRY LEVEL OFFICER INCENTIVE

Hiring Bonusof $10,000 for entry level corrections officers hired by the City of Puyallup.

The incentive is paid $5,000 at completion of Corrections Training Officer (CTO) program and $5,000 paid at completion of probation.

$6,836.06 - $7,874.74 Monthly Salary.

• 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 modest the first year, and when an employee meets the wellness program incentive one calendar year then the next year's premiums are 100% paid by the city. 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.

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 developmentally 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.

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 prisoner's 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…