STARTING SALARY: $72,900 (Certified) Lateral Hiring Program

SUMMARY: The purpose of this position is to ensure the safety of citizens and businesses in Rockwall County. This is accomplished by responding to calls for service; performing traffic patrol; serving warrants; investigating accidents; investigating narcotics violations; providing K-9 assistance; performing civil processes such as serving legal documents, subpoenas and writs.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Investigates general complaints and emergency calls for service including but not limited to: alarms; animal complaints; reckless driving; robberies; burglaries; kidnappings; assaults and murders.
• Completes reports, time sheets, required documentation and reviews videos in an organized, timely manner.
• Enforces all misdemeanor and felony laws of the State of Texas; apprehends, arrests and detains criminal suspects and violators of laws when necessary.
• Investigates automobile accidents and provides first aid when needed; enforces all traffic laws including DWI investigations.
• Responds to and assists all other law enforcement agencies in the County when requested.
• Performs supervisory duties in absence of supervisor.
• Acts as animal control in the unincorporated areas of the County and contracted cities.
• Serves criminal warrants and civil documents, including conducting Sheriff's sales and execution of various writs.
• Collects evidence on the scene and processes evidence according to departmental protocol; serves as witness in court; provides evidence and testifies accordingly.
• Maintains weapons, vehicle and equipment in functional and presentable condition.
• Attends shift briefings, seminars and training sessions as required to remain knowledge of operations and remain up to date on new and changing laws.
• Responds to questions asked by the general public and refers them to the proper person or agencies.
• Maintains required level of proficiency in the use of firearm and evasive action/driving skills.
• Works under stressful, high risk conditions often alone or with little to no immediate back-up from other officers.
• Maintains continuing education hours prescribed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
• May perform Warrant duties including locating and arresting or causing the arrest of persons wanted on criminal warrants.
• Submits all required reports in a complete, legible, accurate and timely manner; submits all required warrant diligence in accordance with department policy.
• May perform Civil Process assignment including ensuring proper delivery of subpoenas and writs related to protective orders, garnishments and sequestrations.
• Logs all received documents into the Sheriff's Office database; conducts research.
• Oversees removal of personal property in foreclosures, but does not actually physically move property.
• Oversees the sale of personal or real estate property at public auction.
• May perform drug interdiction activities with K-9 unit including initiating and completing investigations related to narcotic violations in and around Rockwall County to lend K-9 support.
• Conducts surveillance on target locations; conducts undercover operations in civilian clothes.
• Trains assigned K-9 and maintains a state of readiness; maintains K-9 documentation on proficiency; tracks apprehensions, training and care of K-9.
• Conducts traffic stops and performs consensual searches when appropriate; interviews sources for information; performs narcotic searches and inspections.
• May perform Commercial Vehicle Enforcement assignment including enforcing traffic laws, commercial vehicle laws and safety by patrolling County roadways and highways.
• Weighs and inspects commercial motor vehicles; investigates on-scene fatalities and near fatality accidents.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY/BUDGET RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibility or budget responsibility.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• General knowledge of Rockwall County regulations, policies and procedures; principles, practices and techniques of local government processes; Federal, State and local laws relative to county government; including the Texas Local Government Code.
• Good legal and procedural knowledge of the Texas Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure; strong knowledge of departmental procedures.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as police regulations, operating instructions, legal documents and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write reports and correspondence; ability to effectively speak in front of the public and employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense and carry out instructions provided in written, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in unusual situations; ability to respond to emergency situations at a moment's notice.
• Ability to operate a computer and software such as Microsoft Word and Excel, Open Fox, and RMS.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience.
• Must meet at least one of the following requirements:
  • 45 semester hours of credit from accredited college (minimum "C" average) or,
  • At least two years active duty in the United States military with honorable discharge or,
  • At least two years of service as a Rockwall County Detention Officer or,
  • At least two years of service as a full-time peace officer.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of the contiguous United States for a period of time sufficient to conduct a comprehensive background investigation. Consideration given for military overseas assignments.
• Basic Peace Officer's Certification through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) preferred or;
• If uncertified must be capable of successfully completing the police academy and passing the TCOLE peace officer's exam.
• No worse than 20/100 vision rating in each eye, correctable to 20/20 in both eyes. The Rockwall County Sheriff's Office uses the Department of Transportation standard vision test. The exam includes moving your eyes left to right, up and down and able to see three different colors: red, yellow and green (just like a stop light).
• Must have normal hearing and normal color vision, with or without correction.
• Valid Class C Texas Driver's License.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including weekends, holidays and in emergency situations as needed.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Position performs work in an office, vehicle and outdoors with daily exposure to environmental conditions. Health and safety hazards are frequent and occur when in the field. Protective equipment includes Kevlar vest, reflective traffic vest, helmet, Taser, baton, radio and firearms. Vision, hearing, standing, walking, sitting, reaching, handling, kneeling, pushing/pulling, foot controls, bending, crouching, twisting and talking are constantly required. Lifting, balancing, carrying and bending are occasionally required.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation.

TATTOO LIMITATIONS

Visible offensive tattoos or body art are prohibited without exception to include, but not limited to, those that depict racial, sexual, discriminatory, gang-related or obscene language.