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Detention Officer

$25.88 per hour

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Detention Officer

The Boone County Sheriff's Office, located in Columbia, MO, is looking for a Detention Officer.

The Boone County Sheriff's Office is a top tier law enforcement organization. We are the only Sheriff's Office in Missouri that has achieved two national accreditations from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for our law enforcement operations and from the National Institute for Jail Operations (NIJO) for our jail operations.

The staff at the Sheriff's Office are dedicated to serving their community with the highest degree of professionalism and to serving the training needs of our law enforcement partners. We have been providing training to other law enforcement agencies since 2015 to help with the professional development of our law enforcement partners.

As part of its commitment to providing high quality training to other law enforcement agencies, we took over operations of the local law enforcement training academy in 2024. During the same year we received funding to develop a new Regional Training Center to further support the training mission for area law enforcement. That new facility is scheduled to open in late 2025.

The Sheriff's Office is committed to supporting its staff. As part of that commitment, we are developing a childcare center for our employee's and anticipate opening in 2026. The childcare center will operate 24 hours a day to ensure support for staff that work overnight hours.

We are looking for employees who want to be part of an organization that is dedicated to serving and bettering our community, and who want stability, great benefits, and a path to a great career!

Responsibilities:

A Detention Officer works primarily inside the Boone County Jail in direct face-to-face interaction with detainees. The job duties of a Detention Officer include:

  • Interacts face-to-face with detainees
  • Ensures the safety of staff, detainees, and the public by directing and controlling detainee movement inside and outside the facility
  • Monitors and documents detainee activities
  • Oversees the intake and release processes
  • Manages visitations
  • Logs and prepares various detainee records
  • Transports detainees as needed
  • Enforces facility regulations
  • Assists in maintaining facility security

Status: Full-time, non-exempt, benefited

Working hours: 6:00 am to 6:00 pm OR 6:00 pm to 6:00 am. Must be able to work either shift at the department's discretion.

Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Applicant must be 18 years of age or older.
  • No felony convictions.
  • Must pass a medical examination, psychological assessment, a pre-employment drug screen, and an FBI fingerprint background check
  • Must meet additional minimum qualifications as stated in the current job description, which can be found at:

Hourly Pay Rate: $25.88/hour. Shift differential of $1.50 or $2.00 per hour for shifts that start after 6pm weekdays, all shifts on weekends, and all shifts on county holidays.

Benefit-eligible employees receive (on day one):

  • Paid vacation
  • 14 paid holidays
  • Enrollment in the County Employees Retirement Fund, and two matching deferred compensation plans
  • 100% County paid or low-cost employee health insurance premium options
  • 100% County paid employee dental premiums
  • Subsidized dependent premiums
  • County Paid long-term disability and life insurance
  • Boone County is a Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness qualifying employer.
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