Law Enforcement Deputy (CERTIFIED ONLY)
All applicants are required to upload the following documents with their application submission: Drivers License with current address, signed Social Security card, birth certificate issued by state or local government authority, High School diploma/GED, College transcript, DD214 Member-4, Name change documents, FDLE certification documents (certified positions), official arrest/charge documents. If a document does not apply to you, please upload an attachment with N/A, if a document is unavailable at the time of application, please list status of documentation (ordered, requested, in search of, etc.) If documentation is not received, your application will not be processed for further consideration.
SCSO is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Description
The law enforcement deputy will administer the laws of Sarasota County, the State of Florida and of the United States in a fair, impartial and professional manner. The deputy will have duties that consist of, but not limited to patrolling areas, conducting traffic stops, informing suspects of their rights, arresting suspects, mediating domestic disputes, protecting crime scenes until assistance arrives, reviewing BOLOS, pursuing vehicles, preparing reports or affidavits and any other law enforcement duties deemed appropriate. This is a safety sensitive position.
General Description of Duties
Tasks: Complete assignments as directed; maintain work areas; collect/recover latent prints; collect and preserve evidence/property; examine bodes of deceased; investigate/document injury to inmate; monitor/respond dispatch and calls for service, secure crime scene; apprehend suspects; respond to traffic accidents; monitor and report road/traffic conditions and hazards; retrieve and enter information from mobile computer; provide assistance to patrol deputies/detectives/other units; guard persons in custody; originate new cases; administer field check to suspected intoxicated drivers; transport persons (such as injured, threatened, deceased, or lost persons, mental patients, prisoners or suspects; administer first aid/CPR; confront and control or disperse demonstrators, rioters, or crowds; conduct active patrolling of assigned area, conducts traffic stop, search for missing. lost, or runaway juveniles; informs victims of victims' legal rights; counsel and/or separate people involved in domestic disputes; investigate non-police action calls (such as animal calls, rescue calls); Conduct traffic crash investigation; conduct dwelling, building, or grounds check (EP); Photograph/video tape crime scene/evidence; seize, impound, or confiscate vehicle/watercraft or property; noncustodial and custodial interview of persons such as suspects, victims, witnesses, or informants; review Be-On-The-Look-Out (BOLO); act or respond to hostage or kidnapper; File complaints with state attorney's office; conduct field frisk or pat down search; respond to bomb/explosive threat; pursue vehicle/watercraft; control disorderedly or irate persons; testify at trials, hearings, grand juries or dispositions; located/contact property owners; conduct minor investigations; establish identity of suspect/arrestee.
Minimum Requirements
• Must be at least 21 years old
• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Must be a US citizen
• Must also have one of the following:
• Associate's Degree or equivalent (60 Credit Hours) from an accredited college or university;
• Prior military services with completed military contract and Honorable discharge;
• Three (3) years prior full time Law Enforcement experience. Experience must have occurred within three (3) years of application;
• Three (3) years prior experience as a corrections deputy with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
• IF AN APPLICANT QUALIFIES BY BEING A US VETERAN OR PRIOR LE and does not possess an associate degree or equivalent (60 credit hours), then the applicant would be required to take the Wonderlic Exam.
Additional Information
Annual Hours Worked 2184
Long Term Salary $97,297.00
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office requires all employees to have either an associates degree, 60 equivalent hours from an accredited college or university or the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test. The Wonderlic Basic Skills Test measures verbal and quantitative skills. Sworn *Law Enforcement and Corrections Deputies must achieve a minimum passing score of Verbal - 267 and Quantitative - 241. Civilians must achieve a minimum passing score of Verbal - 248 and Quantitative - 241.
• Law Enforcement Deputies/Recruits must meet additional requirements to qualify.
Local institution to administer the Wonderlic: Suncoast Technical College 941-924-1365 ext. 62322. Fee $40 Hours of Operations: Monday through Thursday 7:30am to 3:00pm Friday 7:30am to 2:00pm. TESTING IS SCHEDULED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
If you are out of town, please contact your local technical institute. A complete report of passing scores must be submitted directly to the SCSO.
In compliance with the American Disabilities Act should you require any reasonable accomodation(s) to participate in the exam process, please advise the administering office and supply documentation so they may attempt to satisfy any special needs expeditiously.
If chosen for processing you will be required to submit to the following screening procedures: a comprehensive background investigation, a polygraph examination, medical examinations, drug and tobacco screening, psychological examination (certified and communications positions). By submitting this application you are agreeing to have a background investigator with the SCSO review any social networking websites that you might belong to. If you are not willing to submit to the above mentioned procedures, please do not submit an application.
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An applicant must meet one of the following three requirements: Please select all that apply.
• An associate degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university
• Prior military service with military contract completed and Honorable discharge received (Form DD214 required)
• Three (3) years' experience as a Law Enforcement Deputy within (2) years' of date of application.
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Do you possess an associate degree or equivalent credit hours (60)?
• Yes
• No
03
If you do not have an associate's degree or equivalent credit hours, have your served in the US Military?
• Yes
• No
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If you do not have an associate's degree or equivalent credit hours, have your served in a full time law enforcement capacity in the last three years?
• Yes
• No
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Have you used, tried, tasted, experimented with or possessed any illegal drugs, prescriptions not prescribed to you, or marijuana (or its derivatives) even in a state marijuana was legal within the last 12 months prior to this application?
• Yes
• No
06
Do you have any tattoos on your head, scalp, face, neck, or hands?
• Yes
• No
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Have you received your Florida Law Enforcement Certification, or are you currently attending a Florida Law Enforcement Academy? If you are certified, please provide a copy of your certification of completion. Please select all that apply.
• Law Enforcement Certified in Florida
• Law Enforcement Certified in a state other than Florida
• Served in the military as a Military Police Officer
• Currently enrolled in a law enforcement academy
• I am planning on attending a law enforcement academy
• Currently going through the Florida EOT process
• None of the above- Not Eligible to Apply
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Do you have a valid Florida or Out of State driver license?
• Yes
• No
• Required Question
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