Detention Deputy

Department: SHERIFF

Pay: $27.11 per hour, $59,913.10 annually

Work Schedule: Shiftwork / varies

Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Reviews arresting officer’s paperwork for completeness/accuracy; pat or strip searches inmates as necessary and required; inventories inmates’ clothing, personal property, and money; takes computerized fingerprints and digital mug shot for verification by local, State, and Federal agencies.
• Utilizes force and/or self-defense techniques to restrain disruptive or combative inmates.
• Secures all exterior and security doors in the facility by visually monitoring all movement of all people in the facility and controls movement utilizing screens and monitors in Master Control; controls all lights, alarms, elevators, and other override equipment; contacts outside agencies such as fire, EMS, etc. as needed.
• Monitors inmates’ behavior and attitudes for signs of personality changes, depression, and developing conflicts between inmates; enforces the rules and guidelines for inmates which includes initiating disciplinary action when necessary; prepares and maintains records of inmates’ physical or mental problems; escorts clinic staff during the delivery of prescription and non-prescription medications.
• Supervises movement in the facility; serves as first responder when there is a problem in a pod, fight, medical emergency, etc.; escorts inmates needing additional supervision or security; monitors radio traffic; supervises trustees in cleaning common areas and accounts for cleaning supplies used.
• Verifies inventory of inmates’ clothing, personal property, and money against written records; utilizes departmental guidelines to determine property items an inmate may take into housing and proper items to be returned to the inmate upon release.
• Maintains security of the clinic and the safety of the medical staff by monitoring all inmates coming into the clinic; conducts searches of the clinic and inmates entering and leaving the clinic for contraband.
• Operates various technical equipment, monitoring and controlling activities of inmates and their visitors, including cameras, doors, elevators, showers, and fire escapes.
• Supervises meal delivery, pick-up, and tray return; removes trash from the facility; ensures inmates with special menus receive correct trays; notes inmates refusing meals.
• Conducts inmate head counts; monitors activities of suicidal and violent inmates; monitors inmates during visitation and recreation periods.
• Ensures all inmates are accounted for at all times; prevents inmate escapes, introduction and/or passing of contraband, and prevents the assault or injury of inmates and staff.
• Prepares written reports on incidents occurring inside the facility which include the actions/use of necessary force by the deputies for criminal prosecutions, defense against lawsuits, disciplinary procedures against inmates, and internal affairs investigations.
• Prepares reports regarding operational problems like defective equipment, suggestions for improving services, or hazardous conditions.
• Logs visitation hours of inmates and ensures the safety of visitors, including attorneys and other professional visits.