What are the responsibilities and job description for the Booking Officer position at Career Opportunities?
Pay: $19.46
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintain control over the admission, classification, and release of detainees; review and verify booking and release documentation, including inmate identity at release
Coordinate and schedule detainees/offenders for intake, diagnostic processing, and release
Conduct fact-finding interviews; fingerprint and photograph detainees; prepare required forms, reports, and correspondence
Develop, coordinate, and maintain accurate recordkeeping and filing systems
Ensure proper classification of inmates for housing assignments
Conduct detainee counts, monitor movements, maintain daily logs, and respond to emergencies
Initiate or participate in disciplinary actions and prepare incident reports as needed
Assist law enforcement agencies, courts, attorneys, probation/parole, medical staff, and the public
Answer phones and respond to inquiries in a professional and courteous manner
Provide orientation to new detainees regarding facility rules, classification procedures, and regulations
Inventory, tag, and document inmate property in accordance with facility procedures
Maintain an organized property room and accurate inventory logs
Ensure all inmate property is properly recorded in the Jail Management System (JMS)
Inventory, log, and securely store detainee valuables (including currency, phones, jewelry, and other high-value items) in designated secure areas
Perform additional duties as assigned to support facility operations
Required Knowledge Skills/Abilities:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Education and Experience:
High school diploma or equivalent required
Valid driver’s license
Experience in correctional setting is highly desirable
Physical Requirements:
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing an undue hardship for the employer.
Long periods of continuous standing and walking for 4 hours or more per shift
Frequent periods of sitting for 30 minutes or more
Repetitive climbing of stairs to reach the assigned areas and working at heights
Occasional knelling, squatting, and bending to perform “pat” or “strip” searches
Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting
Occasionally responding to altercations and occasional restraining and securing assaultive offenders
Ability to respond rapidly to potential security and/or medical codes/issues
Frequent transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as vans, buses, and other forms of transportation
Continuous periods of operating/driving company vehicles to pick up and transport offenders for 4 hours or more per shift
Remaining awake and alert while on duty for 12 or more hours per shift
Occasional lifting and carrying up to 50-100 lbs
Ability to occasionally withstand direct or indirect exposure to OC spray
Exposure for up to 12 hours or more per shift of outdoor elements and temperatures with scheduled breaks
Ability to hear and understand verbal communication
Pay: $19.46
Salary : $19