JAILER

Jail Security Officer

Perform security duties maintaining order and physical custody of inmates in a jail system or courthouse complex. Responsible for the care, custody, and control of persons to include; releasing offenders, maintaining security of the facility, and escorting offenders within and/or outside the secure confines of the jail.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide direct and remote supervision of inmates within housing and other areas of a jail, a courthouse, or secure perimeter as assigned to maintain a safe and secure environment
• Conduct frequent security checks for evidence of unauthorized activities and infractions of rules, respond to situations, and document accordingly
• Receive and process inmates from officers and the courts, maintain inmates' property, and direct inmates throughout the intake process
• Conduct metal detection of individuals and materials before entering facilities, perform necessary searches for weapons and contraband, and completes reports
• Inspect cells, housing areas, locks, windows, grills, doors, gates and perimeters of buildings and grounds for security purposes
• Observe conduct and behavior of inmates, respond to and control emergency situations, and use appropriate levels of force to control combative, volatile, or hostile offenders
• Documents numerous inmate activities such as, visitation, phone calls, incidents, movement, housing assignments, property, etc.
• Enter information into a database to capture daily activities
• Supervise inmates and trustee-inmates work crews
• Assists in booking new inmates
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband
• Supervise the dispensing of food in a timely fashion to inmates, ensuring all health and safety regulations are complied with
• Must be able to obtain TLETS certification.
• Regular attendance and timeliness are required
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Booking Staff Job Functions:

• Receives and reviews paperwork associated with incarceration to ensure accurate completion; notarizes affidavits from the arresting officer; obtains information from inmate and paperwork (warrant, writ, detainer, etc.) and makes appropriate computer entries; including local and out of county charges
• Checks for any outstanding warrants using the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (TLETS) computer and confirms with out-of-county agencies that have warrants through TLETS, run Criminal Histories through TLETS for classification officer. Process Emergency Protective Orders, Interlock, Conditions of Bonds when ordered by the judge. Enters stolen items into TLETS for Sheriff's Office Deputies and other agencies that we have inter-local agreement with
• Prepares bail bonds (e.g. probable cause misdemeanors, pre-indictments, Class C, cash bonds, fugitive fines, and civil) and fees associated with each for releasing prisoners from custody.

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED

Skills ~ Experience:

• Current and valid TX driver's license and a safe driving record
• Applicant must be 18 years of age on /or before date of hire
• Must maintain personal loyalty to the Sheriff
• Ability to work in a hostile environment of inmates and their visitors without reacting in a negative manner and project a professional image at all times
• Exceptional skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with County staff, inmates, police departments and the public
• General knowledge of basic hardware and software and uses of a variety of different computer operating systems such as Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals
• Must also possess excellent physical assessment skills and be able to make sound judgment decision
• Ability to supervise emergency situations, make effective decisions under stressful situations, and direct the use of physical force necessary to protect oneself and others
• Keen attention to detail; careful and accurate data entry
• Must be a U.S. citizen or is a legal permanent resident of the United States, if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States with at least two years of service before discharge and presents evidence satisfactory to the commission that the person has applied for United States citizenship.

Supplemental Information:

Hours / Special Conditions: Must be willing to work overtime, weekends, holidays, rotating shifts, evenings and nights. Must be able to work 12 hour shifts.

Compensation – Structured Step Pay Plan: Regular, full time Jailers are eligible to participate in the Step Pay Plan. Steps are created within each eligible position based on tenure. Each step represents an increase in salary over the Base Pay for the position to arrive at the Step-Adjusted Pay for the employee.

McLennan County offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible employees and their families. These programs include group health plans for medical with an option to open a Health Saving Account (HSA) with a County-paid contribution of $2000 over a year. We offer dental and vision coverage, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), life and long & short term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care accounts. Employees participate in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS) with a $2.50 County match for every $1.00 of employee contribution. In addition to these benefits we offer 12 paid holidays and a free gym membership program for health plan participants. Jailers with Licensed TCOLE experience are eligible to have up to 4 years of service count toward their step pay.