Job Description
GENERAL SUMMARY
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 inmates, maintaining security of the facility, and escorting inmates within and/or outside the secure confines of the jail. Duties may also include instructing members in confinement, care, custody and restraint, when necessary, of inmates and in other routine and specialized work as directed or by assignment. Member must also exercise tact, courtesy and self-control in performance of duties, and must be able to make decisions calmly and quickly in emergency or hazardous situations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES