Deputy Sheriff - Sheriff's Office

Deputy Sheriff

Clark County Sheriff's Office is a full service agency with challenging opportunities in law enforcement for deputies of all experience levels. The department is dedicated to a community-oriented policing style. The ideal candidate must have strong skills and abilities in the areas of facilitation, creative problem solving, active listening, motivation, and leadership. The role of Deputy requires the ability to draw upon a broad base of resources and apply those resources to effective problem solving. Deputies are expected to draw out citizens and business owners, enlisting their participation in shaping how law enforcement services are delivered to the community. If you have the skills and abilities required to meet the challenges of community policing, you are encouraged to apply. Entry level deputies are generally appointed to patrol deputy positions. Entry Level Officers Receive a $10,000 Hiring Sign on Bonus!

These positions offer a wide variety of challenging emergency and routine duties including:

• Patrolling assigned areas
• Conducting investigations & interrogating witnesses/suspects
• Responding to radio calls
• Serving civil papers and warrants
• Controlling disturbances & subduing and/or restraining individuals
• Communicating ideas/information to group meetings
• Providing resources/solutions to the public on crime prevention techniques and security
• Developing public relation contact with civil groups, schools, businesses, neighborhood organizations and other law enforcement agencies

Initial assignments will be patrol, but after two (2) to three (3) years of patrol experience, deputies have the opportunity to apply for special assignments in the following areas:

• SWAT
• Traffic
• Narcotics
• Detectives
• K-9
• Marine Patrol
• UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems)
• Child Abuse
• School Resource Deputy
• Hostage Negotiation
• Bomb Technician
• Computer Forensics

All members who have completed one year (12 months) of continuous special assignment (in an approved specialty unit) are eligible for special assignment pay of 5%. Each pay period, the County provides an additional $5.00 to be used for the employee to obtain legal defense fund insurance.

Clark County Sheriff's Office is actively seeking qualified minorities, women and veterans to enhance its work force and to reflect the diversity of the community.Deputy Sheriffs are represented by the Clark County Deputy Sheriffs' Guild.

Skillbridge Job Training programThe Skillbridge Job Training program offers transitioning active-duty Service members an opportunity to gain experience, train, intern, and apply for available/future employment position openings. This opportunity is for a training position of up to 16 weeks in duration that will prepare service members for a career as a certified law enforcement officer in Washington State. The Clark County Sheriff's Training Unit will conduct the training at various Clark County locations. Those who are accepted into this program will need to pass all deputy sheriff hiring requirements, including interviews, a polygraph, and psychological and medical evaluations prior to the start of the program. At the completion of the program, the Sheriff's Office will hire the service members. Once hired, they will attend the Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission Basic Law Enforcement Academy.

Deputy Sheriffs in the Sheriff's Office are governed by State Civil Service laws, which require specific recruitment procedures. This recruitment will be used to create a continuous eligibility list to fill current and future positions within the Sheriff's Office. Please refer to

Employees are eligible for an education incentive, as follows:

• All members holding an Associate's Degree from an accredited college or university shall be eligible to receive education incentive pay totaling two percent (2.0%).
• All members holding a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university shall be eligible to receive education incentive pay totaling four percent (4%).
• All members holding a Master's Degree from an accredited college or university shall be eligible to receive education incentive pay totaling six percent (6%).

(Proof of degree received is required)

This is a continuous recruitment. Clark County retrieves scores from Public Safety Testing on a continuous basis.

Applicants must pass the Law Enforcement Written Exam and Physical Ability Test through Public Safety Testing before proceeding to the next step in the recruitment.

Clark County downloads scores and invites candidates to fill out the required Application.

Application Review – Incomplete applications will not pass the review; attaching a resume and referring to a resume does not substitute for a completed application. Candidates will be evaluated based on the content of their applications and those deemed most qualified will be invited to participate in the remainder of the selection process.

Written Exam and Physical Ability Test (Weighted 30%) - Minimum passing score is 70% on the written, and a PASS is required on the Physical Ability Test. Candidates deemed most qualified will be invited to participate in the remainder of the selection process.

Oral Interview (Weighted 70%) - Questions will be job related and may include, but not be limited to, the qualifications outlined in the job announcement. Minimum passing score of 70% is required. The oral board will consist of a three-member interview panel who will ask the same position-related, pre-established written questions of all candidates. Panelist evaluations are averaged to determine candidate interview scores. You must have taken the Public Safety Test and applied with Clark County BEFORE you can participate in the interviews.

Eligibility List - Candidate written exam scores will be ranked in order of high/low. The Civil Service Commission will review and certify candidates on the eligibility list to be in effect for 12 months from the date of list certification.

Background Investigation - Involves a comprehensive investigation based on information provided by candidates' personal history statements. The investigation will include: a neighborhood check, reference checks, personal interview, work history check, criminal, driving, and financial history checks (from high school forward). The Clark County Sheriff's Office conducts background investigations on candidates for positions in the Sheriff's Office who have satisfactorily completed the Civil Service examination process. The background investigation is a valued component in the overall picture of a candidate. Issues of integrity and ethics are taken very seriously due to our commitment to the community.

Selection Interview: Periodically, the top five or more candidates from the eligibility list will be contacted to participate in a selection interview conducted by the Sheriff's Office. (NOTE: All offers of employment are contingent on successfully passing a psychological evaluation, a medical testing, a drug test, and a polygraph exam).

Post Offer Process: The post offer process includes successful completion prior to actual employment of another physical ability test, polygraph, psychological evaluation and full medical including drug screening.

Preference Points:

Per SB 6157

1) Candidates with full professional proficiency or who is completely fluent as a native speaker in one language other than English will be eligible for 5 percent to be added to their final score.

2) Candidates who have obtained an associate of arts or science degree or higher degree are eligible for 5 percent to be added to their final score.

Veteran's Preference Points*

Washington State law RCW 41.04.010 provides for Veterans' Scoring Criteria status in the examination of applicants for employment provided certain requirements are met. Clark County awards Veterans' Scoring Criteria, in accordance with state law, to veterans honorably released from active military service who meet all statutory requirements until the first appointment. If you are claiming Veterans' Scoring Criteria, you must attach your DD Form 214 Copy 4 to your completed application packet.

The work is performed in a variety of settings, including a patrol vehicle and both indoor and outdoor commercial and residential settings. The majority of time is spent in a vehicle patrolling the Clark County area. Often work settings require exposure to varying and extreme weather conditions. When responding to emergencies risks of physical hazard will exist from various sources including violent people, a variety of weapons, noise, chemicals, bodily secretions, sharp objects, traffic, drugs and drug paraphernalia and crime scenes in general. Incumbents are expected to manage face-to-face interactions and confrontations with angry, hostile, depressed and/or otherwise emotionally distraught members of the public. As a result of such threat, the work requires quick, independent action and alertness in emergency and possibly life threatening situations.

Essential tasks of this positions include: operating motor vehicles; using digital police radios or other technology while patrolling; responding to emergency and routine calls; conducting investigations and/or interrogations; sustaining pursuits on a variety of terrain [on foot (running) and by vehicle (driving)], subduing, restraining and apprehending individuals suspected of criminal activity