A State of Florida Basic Recruit Certificate of Compliance is required after completion of the prescribed training.
Successful maintenance of proficiency in all mandatory in-service training under General Order 33.5 is required.
Successful completion of the Polk County Sheriff's Office Street Training Evaluation Program is required.
The employee must be able to read and write English and speak English understandably.
The employee must be able to perform required physical activities, including jumping, climbing, crawling, bending, lifting or carrying up to 150 pounds, walking, running, and prolonged sitting or standing.
The employee must be able to work with firearms and other required weapons and maintain weapons proficiency.
The employee must be able to work rotating 12-hour shifts, respond to calls at any time, and function under significant stress and dangerous conditions.
The employee must be able to make field decisions with discretion and work with substantial autonomy.
The employee must possess knowledge of PCSO policies and procedures, Florida State Statutes, the criminal justice system, evidence handling and collection, fingerprinting techniques, officer safety, defensive techniques, domestic violence and abuse procedures, traffic and crash investigation, field sobriety testing, and related public-safety procedures.
The employee must be able to operate a motor vehicle, camera, tape recorder, radio, calculator, and public-address system; read maps and gauges; conduct searches; recognize hazards and suspicious activity; and evaluate credibility and reliability.
The employee must have basic computer, mathematical, keyboarding, communication, organizational, investigation, interviewing, observation, tactical driving, tactical communication, and crime-scene-processing skills.
Responsibilities
Testify at trials, hearings, grand juries, and depositions.
Serve subpoenas, injunctions for protection, court-ordered Baker Acts, and arrest warrants.
Prepare original and supplemental reports, field interrogation reports, correspondence, complaint affidavits, and notices to appear.
Maintain issued equipment, firearms, patrol vehicles, attendance records, gas logs, manuals, files, and personal notes.
Review statutes, ordinances, directives, BOLOs, requests, agreements, manuals, and files.
Collect latent fingerprints; photograph people and evidence; secure evidence and found or acquired property; and confiscate vehicles, property, and illegal substances.
Interview victims, witnesses, informants, and suspects.
Investigate crimes against the state, property crimes, persons crimes, and deaths.
Search buildings and grounds; conduct dwelling and ground checks; and examine abandoned vehicles.
Conduct active patrol, traffic stops, parking enforcement, felony stops, DUI investigations, traffic-crash investigations, and pursuits.
Conduct frisk and pat-down searches, self-initiated arrests, and other enforcement actions.
Respond to rescue situations, bomb threats, civil unrest, riots, alarm calls, hazardous materials, and environmental dangers.
Counsel people involved in disputes, control disorderly or irate people, assist special-needs people and other agencies, and provide information and referrals.
Transport inmates or arrestees and locate or retrieve bodies.
Establish field informants and provide security for special functions and funeral escorts.
Operate traffic controls and roadblocks and use approved defensive weapons.
Perform minor vehicle maintenance and maintain the ability to loosen lug nuts.
Maintain readiness for dangerous, stressful, and physically demanding law-enforcement conditions.
Desired Qualifications
Prior law-enforcement experience is preferred.
Position Concept
The Part-Time Deputy Sheriff performs a variety of duties and tasks related to the protection of life, limb and property. The Part-Time Deputy Sheriff is a paid part-time Law Enforcement Officer appointed by the Sheriff. The Part-Time Deputy Sheriff is a sworn member who possesses all the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities incumbent upon the position of an entry level deputy sheriff.
The most important and essential job function of the position is attitude which includes the following: interacting positively and cooperating with co-workers, responding politely to customers, working as a team member, functioning under intense time pressure and responding in a positive manner to supervision.
The Part-Time Deputy Sheriff may perform other related duties and tasks, as required and shall have the physical, mental and emotional abilities to perform the essential job duties of the position.
Employee Benefits
Direct Deposit, Bi-Weekly Pay Checks
FRS Retirement
Free Employee Gym
Essential Functions
Testify at trials, hearings, Grand juries
Testify at deposition
Serve subpoenas
Serve injunctions for protection
Serve Baker Acts - court ordered
Prepare original/supplemental reports
Maintain issued equipment
Maintain firearms
Inspect and maintain patrol vehicle
Maintain attendance records
File complaint affidavits/notice to appear
Review Statutes, Ordinances, directives
Review *BOLOs, requests, agreements
Maintain personal notes
Maintain gas log
Maintain, review manuals and files
Prepare correspondence
Collect latent fingerprints
Photograph persons, evidence
Confiscate vehicles or property
Secure evidence
Seize or confiscate illegal substances
Secure found or acquired property
Interview victims/witnesses/informants
Interview suspects
Complete field interrogation reports
Investigate crimes against the state
Investigate property crimes
Initiate persons crimes investigation
Initiate death investigation
Search buildings or grounds
Conduct active patrol in assigned area
Conduct frisk or pat down search
Pursue vehicles
Respond to rescue situations
Conduct felony stop
Respond to bomb threats
Respond to civil unrest or riots
Counsel persons involved in disputes
Respond to alarm calls
Conduct self-initiated arrest
Control disorderly or irate persons
Serve arrest warrant
Transport inmate or arrestee
Locate or retrieve body
Examine abandoned vehicles
Establish field informants
Escort funeral
Conduct dwelling/ground check
Provide information and referrals
Investigate/isolate hazardous materials
Assist special needs persons
Assist other agencies
Warn citizens of environmental dangers
Provide security for special functions
Conduct traffic stop/operate controls
Conduct DUI investigations
Conduct parking enforcement
Conduct traffic crash investigation
Education, Professional Certification or License
High School or GED
Valid Florida driver’s license
State of Florida, Basic Recruit, Certificate of Compliance after completion of training in accordance with *CJSTC
Successful maintenance of proficiency in all mandatory in-service training as delineated in General Order 33.5
Successful completion of the Polk County Sheriff's Office Street Training Evaluation Program
Professional Experience
Prior law enforcement experience is preferred
Environmental Conditions
Work may involve rotating 12 hour shifts
Physical acts requiring strength and endurance may be required
Works during inclement weather
Involves exposure to dangerous and sometimes life threatening situations, events or persons
Works under extreme varying degrees of stress
Subject to call 24 hours a day
Some exposure to morbid crime scenes involving the human body
Works with a firearm and other required weapons
Works with a great deal of autonomy requiring discretion and field decision-making
May have to inflict bodily harm or kill another human being
Knowledge of
PCSO policy and procedures
Florida State Statutes
Criminal Justice System
Geographical area
Resistance/Control Continuum
Radio codes, signals, identifications
Case Reporting Manual
Manufacture's standards
Issue weapon nomenclature
Surfaces conducive to fingerprinting
Fingerprinting techniques
Appearance of fingerprints
Camera operation
Evidence handling
*RICO
Types of evidence
Evidence collection
Illegal substance appearance
Narcotics field test procedures
Officer safety techniques
Case law
Domestic violence procedures
Child/elderly abuse procedures
Specialty team procedures
Area characteristics
First aid/CPR
Crowd control techniques
Human anatomy
Firearm safety procedures
Public safety concerns
Building/area search techniques
Mobile field force system
Defensive techniques
Reference data
Support units available
Community services
Referral sources
Social and public assistance agencies
Abnormal behavior
Special function requirements
Roadblock equipment
Effects of intoxicants/drugs
Field sobriety testing
Crash investigation
Ability to
Draw diagrams
Operate public address system
Conduct pat down/search for weapons
Follow commands
Recognize basic signs and causes of death
Disassemble and reassemble firearm
Comprehend questions
Operate a motor vehicle
Read and write English
Use approved defensive weapons
Comprehend instructions
Perform minor vehicle maintenance
Read gauges and odometers
Operate calculator
Evaluate
Read a map
Comprehend
Operate camera
Operate tape recorder
Listen and understand
Detect suspicious activity
Identify makes and models of vehicles
Handle stress
Locate vehicle identification number
Evaluate credibility and reliability
Identify suspicious activity
Recognize potential hazard
Recognize informative placard or signs
Recognize danger or hazard
Monitor radio traffic
Skills
Basic English grammar
Computer
Basic mathematical
Keyboarding
Interpersonal
Organizational
Basic investigation
Interview
Observation
Tactical driving
Tactical communication
Basic crime scene processing
Weapons proficiency
Communications
Physical Requirements
Jump
Climb
Drag/carry 150 lbs.
Crawl
Bend/squat
Lift 150 lbs.
Walk
Run
Sit for long periods
Stand for long periods
See at normal range or with accommodation
Hear at normal level or with accommodation
Speak English understandably
Sense of smell
Manual dexterity
Recognize colors
Ambulate independently
Agility
Mobility
Withstand chemical odor
Strength to loosen lug nuts
Full range of motion
Steady hands
Ability to distinguish colors
Upper body strength
Endurance
Continence
Endure climatic extremes
Balance
Other
*FCIC/NCIC: Florida Crime Information Center/National Crime Information Center