Starting Salary - Competitive Salary Based on Experience and Certifications
The primary purpose of a Deputy Sheriff—School Resource Officer (SRO) is to initiate more positive contact between police and youth. Positive contact creates a higher level of trust and helps ensure more effective communication channels. The SRO in this position must be committed to being involved with children in Louisa County public schools or community-based programs.
The SRO in this position is also responsible for working with the school principal, teachers, and staff to assist in developing plans and strategies to prevent and/or minimize dangerous situations. They are also responsible for giving group presentations, especially in a classroom setting. The incumbent is required to engage in the pursuit, apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law violators if observed or when assistance is requested from dispatch or other deputy sheriffs. Deputy Sheriffs are responsible for the protection of life and property and the enforcement of laws and regulations. This work involves an element of personal danger and frequent contact with the public during routine and emergency situations. Applications are accepted until the position is filled.
Position: Deputy Sheriff – School Resource Officer - Fulltime
Division: Patrol
Posted Date: Jan 20, 2025
Starting Salary: - Minimum $61,000, with a possible $10,000 bonus for certified VA DCJS applicants. Competitive Salary Based on Experience and Certifications
Application Close Date: Open until filled
General Description:
First and foremost, SROs serve as law enforcement officers whose primary purpose is to "keep the peace" so students can focus on learning. They provide for the peace and security of students, facilities, staff, and all persons on school property. SROs have the authority and duty to handle crimes and make arrests when necessary. If appropriate, alternatives to prosecution may include counseling, deferment, and/or school administrative action.
Essential Functions:
- Fairly and impartially enforce all the laws of the United States, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the ordinances of Louisa County
- Act as a liaison between School Administrators and Command staff at the sheriff’s office
- Crime prevention through presence at the school
- Responds, Investigates, and completes documentation related to complaints.
- Be highly visible throughout the day, as well as at various functions
- Serve as counselors who provide guidance to students and act as a link to support services both inside and outside the school environment
- Serve as positive role models for many youths who may not be exposed to such role models in today's society
- Endorse and support through staffing the creation of positive interaction between law enforcement and the school community
- Coordinate student activities that promote a safe school environment and serve as liaisons between schools and law enforcement.
- Cultivate positive relationships with students, strengthening each student’s understanding of good citizenship and accountability for his/her actions. Allow SROs to serve as mediators for law enforcement/school-related problems.
- Foster an atmosphere of safety through the enforcement of criminal and traffic laws and provide the timely sharing of pertinent crime-related information between school and law enforcement personnel
- Promote effective communication between the Sheriff's Office and administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and youth of the school community
- Promote citizen awareness of law enforcement efforts, ensure the peaceful operation of school-related programs, and build student support.
- Provide instruction for classes concerning the criminal justice system, law enforcement, and public safety
- Provide assessment of schools and early identification of high-risk or criminal activity on school properties
- Serve as a resource for violence reduction and avoidance for students.
Working Conditions:
- Hazards
- Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
- Irate and confrontational citizens
- Environment
- Generally, inside offices, halls, cafeterias, and classroom
- Occasionally, outside during traffic directions & outside activities
- Physical Effort
- Ability to perform those physical activities necessary to complete the job's essential functions, either with or without reasonable accommodation. Requires continual communication (hearing and talking); frequent standing and walking. Exposure to carriers of blood-borne diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis, explosive devices that are intended to maim or kill, and handling seized controlled substances that may be mind-altering or addictive. Subjects encountered during investigations are frequently armed, dangerous, and may be under the influence of drugs, thereby subjecting incumbents to grave risk of physical harm frequently. Requires continuous hearing and talking, frequent use of physical activities, and regular climbing, crouching, walking, fingering, balancing, and crawling. It requires occasional pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying weights over 50 pounds, as well as grasping, stooping, running, standing, and all other physical job requirements. Requires good general vision. Requires continual travel within the local area and occasional statewide travel
Equipment:
Equipment, tools, and work aids used in performing the essential function of the position:
- computer
- firearms (rifle, pistol, shotgun)
- patrol vehicle
- handcuffs,
- expanding baton
- camera
- radio
- telephone (cell phone)
- protective clothing
- other law enforcement equipment
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and ordinances
- Knowledgeable of the Sheriff's Office's Standard Operating Procedures, Rules and Regulations, and Executive Orders
- Skilled in the operation and handling of law enforcement equipment
- Ability to analyze and make sound, rational, public safety-related decisions with little or no supervision.
- Ability to perform tasks in stressful or tense situations and manage them toward a positive resolution.
- Knowledge of Law Enforcement Policies, Procedures, and the Law
- Skilled in interviewing techniques
- Skilled in the preparation of detailed reports
- Ability to interpret and follow oral and written instructions
- Ability to deal courteously but firmly with the public
- Ability to maintain physical agility and endurance
- Skilled in oral and written communication
- Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations
- Skilled in problem-solving and working independently.
- Ability to read, hear, and speak English with proper usage, diction, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Ability to type on keyboards and operate computers.
- Ability to quickly read, interpret, and retain information.
- Knowledge of or the ability to develop knowledge of Louisa County geography, including jurisdictional boundaries, towns, highways, roads, bodies of water, and landmarks.
- Requires strong effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to relay information to the public concisely and clearly.
- Excellent presentation skills
- Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint
- Present a Positive image of the Sheriff’s Office to the community
- Ability to maintain emotional self-control, work under, and manage high job-related stress levels.
Education, Experience, and Training:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
- At least 21 years of age.
- Possess a valid Va. operator's license and a good driving record.
- Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Basic Law Enforcement Officer – certification with 2 years of experience.
- Possession of the following training and/or certifications:
- CPR – certification
- Intoxylizer 5000 Certification
- Firearms Certification
Special Considerations:
- Complete criminal background investigation, including fingerprinting.
- US Citizen
- Psychological Test
- Essential Staff Designation
- Pre-employment physical examination, including drug test.
- Typical hours during the school year are concurrent with school schedules - Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., with some nights and weekends as required for school events.
- When School is not in session, SRO officers are assigned to work regular rotating shifts in the Patrol Division, which could include work beyond the normal work schedule, including rotating shiftwork, nights, weekends, holidays, training, scheduled and special meetings, and emergency callouts.
- Applicants must be willing to work 12-hour shifts and be available for callouts.
This job description is intended to indicate the basic nature of the position and examples of typical duties that may be assigned. It does not imply that all positions within this class will perform all the duties listed, nor does it attempt to list all possible duties that may be assigned.
This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change as the employer's needs and job requirements change.
Applications are available here, on our Louisa County Sheriff's Office app, and at the Louisa County Sheriff's Office, located at 1 Woolfolk Ave, Suite 101, Louisa, VA 23093
Competitive salary + benefits. EOE Louisa County Sheriff’s Office
Equal Opportunity Employer
The attached files on the right contain full descriptions in MS Word or PDF format for more information and the job description.
To apply for the position, you must be a certified Law Enforcement Officer with 2 years of experience. Use the Sheriff's Office Application for Employment links to the right; DO NOT USE THE DOWNLOAD APPLICATION UNDER THE TOOLS HEADER.
Applications for the Louisa County Sheriff's Office can be downloaded in either MS Word or PDF format below:
