Deputy Sheriff / Deputy Recruit

Performs protective service work enforcing laws, patrolling assigned area, investigating criminal activity, serving civil papers, ensuring safety of the public, testifying in court, maintaining records and files, preparing reports and performs related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Field Operations Supervisor.


The following essential functions serve as a general guide for this position. Position functions are subject to change based on departmental needs and external factors including, but not limited to, regulatory requirements.

• On an assigned shift, operates a patrol car to observe for violations of laws, suspicious activities or persons and disturbances of law and order; examines premises of unoccupied residences or buildings; detects unusual conditions and maintains surveillance and observation for stolen cars, missing persons, or suspects;
• Responds to calls for assistance, complaints, suspicious activity, domestic disputes, loud and disruptive behavior and completes calls by determining true nature of the situation and taking whatever legal or persuasive action is warranted;
• Serves warrants, summons, subpoenas, court orders, and makes arrests, prepares reports and testifies in court;
• Performs investigations of crimes, interviews victims and witnesses, secures property and evidence, investigates property ownership, documents facts and incidents and coordinates and executes evictions;
• Enforces traffic and criminal laws, issues citations for violations and assists motorists;
• Prepares levies on real and personal property, inventories property, coordinates with auctioneer and conducts auctions and receives and manages monies for levy fees, payment of a judgment, and payment on levied bank accounts;
• Transports prisoners and mental patients to facilities throughout the state;
• Provides supervision and assistance to trainees and assists in evaluating trainees;
• Provides law enforcement assistance to outside agencies as necessary;
• Maintains vehicles and equipment in proper working order;
• Attends training as necessary to maintain law enforcement certification;
• Performs community service and public relation activities;
• Performs assigned court service and security duties and
• Performs other duties as assigned.

High school diploma or GED or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• General knowledge of law enforcement methods, practices and procedures; 
• General knowledge of the geography of the County and location of important buildings; 
• General knowledge of the rules and regulations of the Sheriff's Office; 
• Ability to understand  and carry out oral and written instructions  and to prepare clear comprehensive  reports; 
• Ability to deal courteously, firmly and tactfully with the public under stressful situations; 
• Ability to analyze situations and to adopt quick, effective and reasonable courses of action with due regard to surrounding hazards and circumstances; 
• Possession of physical agility and endurance; 
• Skill in the use of firearms, chemical agents, weapons of defense and the operation of a motor vehicle and 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public.

Physical Requirements
This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 50 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking, hearing, using hands to finger, handling or feeling, frequently requires standing, walking, sitting and reaching with hands and arms and occasionally requires climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, tasting, smelling, pushing, pulling, lifting and repetitive motions; work has standard vision requirements and requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision; work requires vocal communication to express or exchange ideas orally and to convey detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; work requires hearing to perceive information at normal spoken levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to the risk of electrical shock, working with explosives, exposure to vibration and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Special Requirements

• Ability to obtain Basic Law Enforcement Training certification and the North Carolina Sheriff's Training.
• Standards certification within one year of employment. 
• Valid driver's license in the State of North Carolina.