City of Los Angeles
Detention Officer 2009
SALARY
$45,205.00 - $56,167.00 Annually
LOCATION
CA 90012, CA
JOB TYPE
Full-time
JOB NUMBER
3211 O 20090729
DEPARTMENT
POLICE CIVILIAN
OPENING DATE
07/28/2009
CLOSING DATE
Continuous
SALARY
$45,205.00 - $56,167.00 Annually
LOCATION
CA 90012, CA
JOB TYPE
Full-time
JOB NUMBER
3211 O 20090729
DEPARTMENT
POLICE CIVILIAN
OPENING DATE
07/28/2009
CLOSING DATE
Continuous
Duties
A Detention Officer processes arrestees, including booking, fingerprinting, maintaining custody and control; may supervise employees engaged in the cleaning and routine maintenance of jails; and does related work.
Requirements
- Feeds and supervises arrestees in police stations or jails;
- Answers citizens' routine questions relating to police procedures and activities;
- Performs interrogation and clerical work involved in booking arrestees;
- Types booking documents;
- Fingerprints arrestees;
- May escort prisoners to and from cells;
- Searches arrestees and prisoners;
- Inspects housing cells on a periodic basis to determine physical condition and security of each arrestee and cells;
- May be required to use restraints in prisoner custody control;
- May operate teletype equipment in transmitting information on booking from outlying divisions to headquarters;
- May supervise civilian personnel in maintaining jails in a clean and orderly condition;
- May occasionally be assigned to other duties for training purposes or to meet technological changes or emergenices.
Notes
Knowledge of:
- Police procedures, activities, and security procedures related to the care and custody of arrestees;
- Practices and procedures involved in booking and fingerprinting arrestees;
- Methods used in the cleaning and routine maintenance of jails, and other police facilities
- Analyze situations as they occur in the care and custody of arrestees and the protection of life and property;
- Comprehend written material and to learn and explain procedures and regulations;
- Write clear and comprehensive reports;
- Understand and follow directions
- Deal tactfully and effectively with other employees and the public.
Selection Process
- Persons with disabilities may be able to perform the essential duties of this class with reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation will be evaluated on an individual basis and depends in part, on the specific requirements for the job, the limitations related to the disability and the ability of the hiring department to reasonably accommodate the limitations.
- Employer
- City of Los Angeles
- Phone
-
213-473-9393
- Website
- http://www.lacity.org/PER/index.htm
- Address
-
700 East Temple Street, Room 100
Los Angeles, California, 90012
- Employer
- City of Los Angeles
- Phone
- 213-473-9393
- Website
- http://www.lacity.org/PER/index.htm
- Address
-
700 East Temple Street, Room 100
Los Angeles, California, 90012
- Detention Officer 2009 Supplemental Questionnaire
- * QUESTION 1
- I have been awarded a high school diploma or equivalent.
- * QUESTION 2
- I have full-time paid experience responsible for securing property and/or valuables for:
- * QUESTION 3
- I have the ability to proficiently speak in the following languages:
- * Required Question