Overview
Position Title: Detention Officer
Company: City Of Forsyth County Nc
Location: Forsyth County, NC, US
Job Description:
Performs specialized inmate detention and care work in the Law Enforcement Detention Center. Incumbents of this classification are not entitled to special law enforcement benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Receives inmates by conducting search, completing required intake forms, securing all personal property, and dressing out inmates in detention attire.
- Acts as booking officer by maintaining inmate information, verifying the completion of necessary intake forms, classifying inmates and assigning cell location, and maintaining inmate count and cell locations.
- Oversees the security and activities of inmates on an assigned floor.
- Supervises meals and cleaning of facilities.
- Distributes personal property.
- Performs related duties as required.
- Supervises the purchase and distribution of snack items and commissary.
- Searches incoming property delivered for inmates to determine if it is allowable.
- Verifies visitor acceptance by inmates, notifies the floor officer of visitor, records time and date of visits.
- Releases inmates on bond, due to court order or for time served; ensures release papers are accurate and
- complete; returns all personal property to the individual; completes forms providing required documentation of release.
- Supervises trustees cleaning and maintaining detention facilities, doing inmate laundry, and receiving and storing supplies.
- Transports inmates for interviews, court or release; monitors inmates’ medical status and takes appropriate action when illness or injury is suspected.
Requirements:
- Be a citizen of the United States
- Be at least 21 years of age
- Be a high school graduate, or the equivalent (GED)
- Be fingerprinted (Provided by FCSO)
- Have a medical examination by a licensed physician (Provided by FCSO)
- Produce a negative result on a drug screen (Provided by FCSO)
- Not have previously committed or convicted of a felony
- Not have committed or convicted of a Class B Misdemeanor within the last 5 years
- Not have committed or convicted of any combination of 4 or more misdemeanors in a lifetime