Community Services Officer Jobs

• Receive, organize, and inventory evidence and found property, maintain chain of custody for evidence, releases evidence;
• Assist the public either in person, on the telephone or in the field by taking complaints and reports and providing appropriate information;
• Prepare charts, graphs, diagrams, exhibit and take photographs required for court presentations; photograph, gather, tag and transport evidence;
• Testify in court as necessary and as a fingerprint expert;
• Observe and report possible suspects committing crimes within the immediate area of assignment until arrival of sworn peace officers;
• Assist Deputy Sheriff’s on routine calls which are non-criminal in nature;
• Direct emergency responses to the needed location;
• Establish and maintain system of evidence control;
• Provide event assistance; and
• Receive and inspect incoming mail for contraband and deliver inmate mail and packages;
• Relieve sworn personnel by handling non-hazardous reports of crimes such as burglaries where there are no suspects at the call location;
• Establish and maintain inmate property management, receive, store and release inmate property, accept, store and release jury clothing;
• Perform general clerical work, including typing, filing, and answering the phone;
• Scan and verify outgoing mail;
• Assist in the promotion of the Neighborhood Watch Program;
• Maintain a full understanding of the Sheriff's radio call signs and codes;
• Provide bailiff duties for civil courtrooms;
• Act as a court liaison by filing criminal complaints with the District Attorney's Office;
• Write parking citations;
• Operate a police radio to transmit and receive messages from radio-equipped vehicles and other stations;
• Approve, visitor, schedule and monitor video visits; screen visitors, operate metal detector and x-ray equipment;
• Write a variety of reports relating to assigned area of responsibility;
• Serve civil process and subpoenas such as Claims and Orders, Orders to Show Cause and Orders to Appear;
• Accept additional assignments as directed by the Sheriff.
• Explain in understandable terms the policies and procedures of the Sheriff's Department;
• Collect, preserve, photograph, identify and record evidence;
• Traffic control;
• Enter and retrieve data using computer terminals and printers;

KNOWLEDGE

• Basic organization and functions of a law enforcement agency;
• Record keeping principles;
• Rules of evidence;
• Correct English usage, spelling and punctuation;
• Photography and techniques of photo development and fingerprinting;
• Procedures and work methods required to perform the full range of assigned duties safely and efficiently;
• General office practices, including the operation of standard office equipment and computer terminals;
• Safe work practices.
• Procedures and techniques for dealing with the public in a tactful and courteous manner; and
• Civil law and procedures;
• Geography of Stanislaus County;
• Basic interviewing methods and techniques;
• English composition and report writing;

SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Lift or carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds; and
• Learn and apply departmental policies and procedures;
• Type 30 wpm (net words corrected);
• Maintain accurate and concise records and reports;
• Exercise sound judgement;
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt effective courses of action;
• Gather, compare, and interpret technical data;
• Develop rapport and obtain cooperation from crime victims, witnesses, and the general public;
• Read maps;
• Operate a police radio;
• Communicate clearly, accurately, and concisely both orally and in writing;
• Keep records and make reports;
• Understand and carry out written and oral instructions;
• Establish and maintain cooperative-working relationships with those contacted in the course of work;
• Interpret and apply pertinent laws, codes, and regulations;
• Testify in court as a fingerprint expert;
• Operate motorized equipment and vehicles.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions;
• Learn to operate a computer terminal and printer;
• Demonstrate proficiency in using and understanding radio codes and call signs used by the law enforcement agencies and Stanislaus Regional 911 Center;
• Recognize and maintain confidential information;
• Complete a defensive tactics training;
• Attend training offered by the law enforcement agencies on legal issues related to criminal and civil liabilities, public meetings, public offices, First and Fourth Amendment rights, picketing and demonstrations, handling of mentally disturbed persons, and other County protocols;
• Work in the field without immediate supervision;
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of the assigned responsibilities;

• One (1) year of full-time public contact; OR
• One (1) year prior experience dealing with the public in a security enforcement position
• High school graduate or General Educational Development (GED) equivalency; AND

License or Certificate:

• Possess and maintain a valid California Driver's License.
• Possess and maintain a valid First Aid and CPR certificate within six (6) months from the date of appointment.
• Employees assigned to Court Security will be required to complete Penal Code 832 training on Power of Arrest.

OTHER MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Pass an extensive background investigation;
• No felony convictions. Must be of good moral character and must not have been convicted of a crime for which the punishment could have been imprisonment in a federal penitentiary or state prison;
• Normal hearing and color vision are required.
• Normal vision that is not worse than 20/100 correctable to 20/30 or better in each eye; and

• A typing certificate, within 4 years, of 30 WPM (net corrected) from any temporary agency or comparable institution. The certificate must be a three to five minute timed test OR verification of data entry ability at a speed of not less than 7,000 strokes per hour (accurate and skillfully).