The Riverside County Sheriff's Office is accepting applications for Sheriff's Service Officer I/II within the Desert Region. The incumbent will be responsible for vehicle logistics; moving a variety of law enforcement vehicles and tracking mileage, monthly inventory; and office inventory, front window/counter; greeting and answering questions from the general public, assisting evidence collection with other law enforcement agencies, and other clerical duties
A Sheriff's Service Officer (SSO) is differentiated from a Community Services Officer (CSO) in that the SSO performs routine support activities that may require knowledge in a specific/limited area, but do not require extensive training and knowledge of multiple regulations, ordinances, and codes. SSO incumbents may perform some of the same duties of a CSO; however, these duties are performed at a County/City facility and under the supervision of a county employee, unlike the CSO incumbent who would perform these duties independently in the field without on-site supervision.
Meet the Team!
The law enforcement professionals of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, with a staff of over 3,600 dedicated men and women, cover the expanse of over 7,300 square miles in southern California. The Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to serving the citizens of its communities with integrity, professionalism, leadership, and loyalty and believes in service above self.
• Supervise trustees, work release, and labor program workers in performing routine vehicle and facility and grounds maintenance; ensure vehicles are cleaned, inspected, maintained, and serviced in order to meet the operational needs of the facility; maintain records of trustees, work release, and labor program worker's hours.
• Maintain the working order of a wide variety of equipment including safety equipment, emergency equipment, weapons, radios, radar equipment, and security cameras; send out or pick up and deliver equipment for repair or adjustments as needed.
• Enter, track, and maintain various equipment inventories, logs, or other departmental records; maintain storage areas, store rooms, and inventory for facilities, vehicles, and equipment; order, pick up, and stock assigned forms, supplies and other necessary items such as keys, gas credit cards, license tags, and plates; arrange vehicle painting; install department decals on vehicles; maintain records on vehicles concerning mileage, registration, repairs, and related requirements; ensure vehicles have necessary supplies and equipment such as trauma kits and fire extinguishers; conduct quality control inspections of vehicles.
• Perform background checks/investigations for permits and licenses; fingerprint the public; fingerprint, photograph, process, and register identified members of the public, such as drug, sex, and arson registrants and suspects, as mandated by law.
• Take phone calls concerning background inquiries, internal, civil, and criminal issues, furnish information to the public and authorized law enforcement personnel over the telephone or at a counter in accordance with established departmental policy; write documenting reports; perform front counter duties at stations or bureaus; receive or prepare deliveries of equipment, supplies, and other materials.
• Enforce vehicle code parking regulations at a city/county facility by issuing warnings or citations for illegal parking; assist motorists and advise the general public of County parking regulations and parking violation procedures; report irregular circumstances to on-site law enforcement staff; appear in court to give testimony relative to citations.
• Process a variety of police reports by reviewing for complete and correct information, resolving errors, or obtaining missing information from deputies; gather background information on persons or property such as arrest record, outstanding warrants, stolen or recovered property, etc. for use in further investigations.
• Enter and retrieve online confidential law enforcement information; send messages over law enforcement data systems by computer terminal; process traffic citations and vehicular traffic incident reports; sort citations to appropriate courts; review citations for correct reporting code, vehicle code section, court date and time; obtain driver's license and driving record history from Department of Motor Vehicles.
• Transport vehicles, laboratory specimens, supplies, new or surplus equipment; transport evidence and other items as required to various locations including the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Assist sworn or forensic personnel with evidence collection, entry into the Law Enforcement Evidence Tracking System (ELEETS), and storage of evidence.
• May be tasked with scheduling and tracking training for station personnel, completion of registration paperwork, and arranging of temporary housing, transportation, and per diem for personnel undergoing training.
• May perform specialized routine functions, such as the cleaning, repair, assembly, and disassembly of equipment, scheduled equipment maintenance, and preparing computer equipment for delivery or disposal.
• May assist with facility inspections, maintain compliance of facility-specific logs, and conduct monthly log audits.
• Perform facility-specific tasks as necessary.
Sheriff's Service Officer I
Hourly rate: $18.00 - $24.35
Education: Graduation from high school, or equivalent (e.g. G.E.D.)
License: Possession of a valid California Driver's License.
Sheriff's Service Officer II
Hourly rate: $18.00 - $27.07
Education: Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent (e.g., GED).
Experience: Six months of experience working in a law enforcement facility in a volunteer, reserve, or employee status.
License: Possession of a valid California Driver's License.
Knowledge of: Community structure and the relationship of law enforcement service to the community at large; correct written and verbal usage of the English language; basic mathematics; laws, procedures, and precautions related to the safe operation of vehicles.
Ability to: Develop and maintain effective working relationships with employees, vendors, and the public; effectively oversee inmates; safely control and maintain the security of assigned trustees, work release, and labor program workers; understand, interpret, and apply basic laws, rules, regulations, and law enforcement policies and procedures; follow oral and written instructions.
If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Ulysses Gerardo at 951-955-5772 or e-mail at ugerardo@rivco.org.