SERGEANT - OPERATIONS, Sheriff's Office

Summary

Sergeants supervise law enforcement personnel providing law enforcement services and protection to the citizens of Tarrant County. Operations Bureau supervisory duties include, but are not limited to, supervision of personnel assigned to: Judicial, Patrol, Investigations, Warrants, and Community Relations-Training functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Schedules assigned subordinate personnel.
2. Conducts unit briefings.
3. Assists superiors and/or designated personnel with administrative duties.
4. Supervises operational activities of assigned subordinate personnel.
5. Supervises preliminary investigations of all major crimes and incidents.
6. Responds to major incident locations to coordinate and direct law enforcement responses and establish an Incident Command System to manage the incident.
7. Notifies senior managers of major crimes, serious accidents, significant employee complaints and other extraordinary happenings in a timely manner.
8. Conducts personnel and equipment inspections.
9. Monitors and enforces all Sheriff's Office policies, procedures, and rules.
10. Monitors employee use of communications and information systems to ensure compliance with all applicable law, policy and procedure for their use.
11. Evaluates duty performance of assigned subordinate personnel.
12. Uses information systems to perform essential duties including employee performance evaluation, incident investigation and review, use of resources, workload and performance measures, and to create/prepare documents and reports.
13. Documents citizen and employee allegations of misconduct and initiates appropriate action(s) to investigate the complaint.
14. Verifies that reports are accurate and legible.
15. Assists subordinates as needed.
16. Coordinates all unit activities and actions as needed.
17. Provides court testimony as required.
18. May coordinate and implement in-service training programs for department/unit employees to meet identified training needs.
19. Must maintain physical fitness in order to perform the essential duties of the position.
20. Use reasonable force when necessary.
21. Must work assigned duty hours.
22. Must enforce all applicable rules and regulations of given position.
23. Must complete mandatory paperwork.
24. Must produce legal documents required by assigned duties.
25. Perform all other related duties as assigned including duties required of subordinate Deputy Sheriff-Operations personnel.
26. Attend and complete all training required by statute or TCOLE to maintain required certification(s) and (licenses).

SKILLS - The following skills and abilities must be either demonstrated to an acceptable level of proficiency prior to selection, or achieved afterward within a normal and customary time period:
1. Must have good interpersonal and public relations skills.
2. Experience or training in public speaking desirable.
3. Must be able to understand, interpret and properly apply court orders, relevant State statutes including the Code of Criminal Procedure, Penal Code, Transportation Code, and all other statutes, ordinances, policies and procedures required to perform essential job duties of the position assigned.
4. Must be able to prepare official documents required to perform assigned functions including but not limited to interoffice memos and letters to other agencies, affidavits, investigative reports, and case filing documents.
5. Must be proficient in the use of defensive tactics requiring physical force including the use of intermediate impact weapons and firearms.

KNOWLEDGE – The following knowledge must be either demonstrated to an acceptable level of proficiency prior to selection, or achieved afterward within a normal and customary time period:
1. Must have a working knowledge of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Penal Code, Transportation Code and other State statutes, and County ordinances.
2. Must have a working knowledge of applicable policies including but not limited to: Sheriff's Department policies, Civil Service Rules, Standard Operating Procedures, and the Tarrant County Employee Handbook.
3. Must have a working knowledge of department organization and functions.
4. Must have a working knowledge needed to use basic Microsoft Office Suite software functions (word processing and spreadsheet).

ABILITIES – The following abilities must be either demonstrated to an acceptable level of proficiency prior to selection, or achieved afterward within a normal and customary time period:
1. Ability to control emotions and focus on professional duties and obligations in all circumstances regardless of provocations or stresses encountered.
2. Ability to communicate necessary information to others in a calm, clear, dispassionate and purposeful speaking voice in all circumstances.
3. Ability to create accurate, clear, concise, comprehensive, relevant and grammatically correct documents.
4. Ability to work with employees and citizens from diverse population groups in order to comply with the Department mission and best serve the public interest.
5. Ability to focus personal and team efforts toward continuous performance improvement.
6. Ability to actively seek opportunities to increase and improve knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to improve personal performance
7. Ability to listen effectively by using good listening techniques.
8. Ability to use interpersonal skills to foster positive working relationships with team members (peers, supervisors, and subordinates) required to provide superior services in the public interest.
9. Ability to take appropriate action to accomplish assigned duties and accept accountability for outcomes.
10. Ability to use appropriate physical force, including deadly force, when necessary to prevent the imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to others or self.

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.  Associate’s degree or equivalent preferred but not required.  

• Three (3) full-time years of related law enforcement work experience as a patrol officer, investigator, warrant officer, or judicial services officer with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. Two (2) full-time years of patrol work experience (of the three years related experience) is preferred.

• Must have Texas Basic Peace Officer Certification (Intermediate preferred) and be licensed in good standing as a Peace Officer in the state of Texas.  

• Must possess a valid Texas Driver’s License and/or obtain a license within 30 days.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

To be considered for this position, your application must be complete and clearly demonstrate that you meet the minimum qualifications. Please ensure that all sections of the application are fully completed, including Education (specifying the type of degree, field of study, and graduation ), Experience, and Certifications/Licenses. 

Resumes alone will not substitute for a completed application. Incomplete applications will result in disqualification, as eligibility for minimum qualifications cannot be confirmed without full documentation. If selected for hire, you will be required to provide proof of educational attainment during the onboarding process.

Tarrant County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudication in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records and educational attainment. A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually.

Physical Demands and Work Environment & Other Requirements

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to stoop, sit, walk, run on occasion, strenuously climb stairs or ladders and lift up to 100 lbs. Must be able to exert physical force when necessary and lift, twist and throw persons during defensive tactics regularly May sit at a work station for prolonged periods of time writing, typing, using a computer, or telephoning citizens or personnel for information. May lift to pick up evidence and run/fight to apprehend fugitives daily. May be exposed to communicable diseases.

There is exposure to household type cleaning agents (such as diluted bleach, alcohol based window cleaner, chlorine based cleanser); and occasional exposure to pesticides. There is occasional exposure to inmate control devices that emit pepper agents via aerosol spray, gel or foam. There is the potential of exposure to toxic smoke.

SPECIAL ADA PHYSICAL STATEMENT:
Applicants must demonstrate distant and near vision of 20/30 corrected or uncorrected in each eye and must be able to read typewritten material with or without glasses. Must be able to see without glasses (with or without the use of contact lenses) in order to wear an air mask; and in order to be able to see to defend themselves and others; applicants with uncorrected vision worse than 20/100 (Snellen) must wear contact lens while working; Must be able to distinguish basic colors (without the use of x-chrome lenses); Must be able to hear the conversational voice, with or without the use of hearing aid. Must be able to lift an approximately 40 lb Self Contained Breathing Apparatus for emergencies during fires; and, must be able to partially lift and drag an average weight person of approximately 185 lbs, a distance of 75 feet for the evacuation of individuals unable to assist themselves during emergencies; Must be able to physically restrain hostile and combative subjects; Must be physically able to participate in defensive tactics training and annual refresher training: Must be able to work any shift; and, Must be able to communicate in clear English during emergencies.

Benefits

Tarrant County offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible employees, retirees, and their families. These programs include group health plans for medical, dental, and vision coverage; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); life and long- term  disability insurance; and flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care reimbursements. The County also provides retirement benefits. Full time employees participate in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS), and employees may also participate in a retirement savings program (Deferred Compensation). In addition to these "basic employee benefits" and retirement services, employees benefit from a variety of other programs including 13 paid holidays, a Wellness Program, and more.

*Note: These benefits are for Tarrant County employees only. For benefit information regarding Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) employees, please contact Patrice Smith at (817) 884-1227.

 

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Agency Information

EmployerTarrant CountyAddress 100 E. Weatherford Suite 301

Fort Worth, Texas, 76196-0105 Phone(817) 884-1188
Website http://www.tarrantcountytx.gov