General Definition of Work Performs intermediate work in the Sheriff's Office involving a variety of general or support duty assignments, responding to emergency and non-emergency calls, patrolling roadways, water and, land areas on assigned routes, investigating criminal complaints and investigating crime scenes, attending court, maintaining files and records, preparing reports, and related work. Work is performed under the general direction of the Chief Deputy Sheriff. Essential Functions To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Respond to 911 calls or emergencies and respond to calls for service. Investigates criminal complaints and processes crime scenes. Patrols roadways, water, and land within the County. Operates and maintains a variety of equipment. Serves Civil Process and criminal arrest warrants and a variety of other court paperwork and directions. Transports prisoners and mental health patients and provide court security. Review all Human Services intake reports and determine if further investigation is required. General knowledge to assess health and safety concerns for self and others, ability to identify social problems and needs to assess the ability of individuals and families to utilize services in problem solving. Prepares and instructs on a variety of topics for public/community gatherings; child passenger safety, snowmobile safety, K9, youth firearms safety, touch-the-truck, school response to critical incident training, community expo, DARE, public fraud and scam prevention, internet crimes, and various other topics. Pope County does not have a dedicated school resource officer, thus requiring patrol Deputies to respond to all school related criminal matters as well as other behavioral and mental health issues. Ongoing training for Deputies which include, but is not limited to, areas of crisis intervention + de-escalation, investigations, firearms, defensive tactics, taser, expandable baton, chemical/aerosol, handcuffing, legal updates and case law, and use of force. Various other specialized training including K9, SWAT, scuba diving, and computer crimes. Working Conditions The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands, physical agility, sensory requirements, and environmental exposures required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. Employees sit most of the time but may walk or stand for some periods of time. This classification regularly involves physical agility requirements such as: climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, pushing, pulling, repetitive motions and manual dexterity. Sensory requirements include standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; and hearing is required to receive detailed information through oral communication and/or to make fine distinctions in sound. Physical Exertion (Pounds) Up to 10 - Regular Up to 25 - Regular Up to 50 - Regular Up to 100 - Occasional 100 or More - Occasional Environmental Exposures (Pounds) Work near moving mechanical parts - Occasional Work in high, precarious places - Occasional Toxic or caustic chemicals - Occasional Outdoor weather conditions - Frequent Extreme Cold, non-weather - Frequent Extreme Heat, non-weather - Frequent Noise Level - Moderate