Requisition No: 882028
Agency: Department of Corrections
Working Title: CO CAPTAIN - INTERDICTION - 70038985
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 70038985
Salary: $65,585.26 Minimum Annually)
Posting Closing Date: 08/25/2026
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Office of Intelligence – Collection and Interdiction
Under the direction of Secretary Richard Comerford, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is the 3rd largest state prison system in the country with a budget of 2.1 billion, approximately 100,000 inmates incarcerated and another 115,000 offenders on active community supervision. The FDC has 142 facilities and more than 20,000 staff members statewide, making it the State’s largest agency.
This is an internal Lateral opportunity for FDC Correctional Officer Captains and Promotional opportunity for Correctional Officer Lieutenants and Correctional Officer Sergeants who possess basic canine handling experience and meet the minimum qualifications listed below. FDC employees who possess a minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Correctional Officer and basic canine handling skills and experience conducting investigations may be considered eligible for this specialized position, contingent upon their satisfaction of all other applicable qualifications and requirements. All experience must be reflected on the application.
Correctional Officer Captain - Interdiction vacancy located in:
Avon Park, Correctional Institution
Avon Park, Florida (Highlands County)
SALARY WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT PAY POLICY. EMPLOYEES ARE NORMALLY HIRED AT THE MINIMUM OF THE SALARY RANGE.
Current Correctional Officer Captains interested in a lateral action transfer must apply for this vacancy using the People First system and attach a completed Request for Lateral Action, DC2-830 form to this submission. If you are unable to attach your DC2-830 form with your application submission, please e-mail the attachment to [email protected] Be sure to indicate you are interested in this vacancy.
Employees interested in this promotional opportunity must apply for this vacancy using the People First system. No paper applications will be accepted.
Applications will be accepted electronically until 11:59 pm on the closing date.
Applicants are responsible for providing the following information on their applicant profile: current employment, previous employment, training, and education.
Incomplete profiles will not be considered.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, please contact SSU Promotions at (850) 717-3216.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
This Correctional Officer Captain vacancy is within FDC’s Office of Intelligence Canine (K-9) Interdiction Unit. The individual selected for this position will maintain a detection canine for the Department on a full-time basis and be expected to conduct searches on and off Department property, staff, visitors, inmates, and physical locations. The incumbent will be expected to organize and execute canine operations, as well as develop intelligence and coordinate interdiction operations designed to prevent the introduction of contraband into FDC facilities.
Duties include but are not limited to the following:
Development of strategic and tactical intelligence.
Conduct physical searches of inmates, visitors, Departmental staff and property consistent with Florida law, administrative rule, and FDC procedures.
Demonstrate the ability to collect evidence, establish and maintain a chain of custody, and dispose of evidence in accordance with law enforcement practices and FDC procedures.
Maintenance of their assigned canine to include housing, cleaning, and maintaining overall health of the animal.
Maintain training requirements of their assigned canine.
Maintain canine training records to include the documentation of the necessary threshold of odor recognition and hours spent training their canine.
Conduct canine screenings of inmate housing areas, staff and visitor vehicles, facility buildings and inmate work areas for the odor of narcotics.
Participate in operational planning for daily operations as well as any special operations.
Ability to work flexible hours and days.
Conduct interviews with inmates, staff, and visitors to identify routes of contraband introduction into our secure facilities.
Conduct mobile and stationary surveillance when required.
Develop and maintain working relationships with institutional staff and utilize information provided to assist with investigations and canine operations.
Communicate findings and gathered intelligence to supervisors to be used in the formulation of operational planning or case investigations.
Conducts and documents interviews with inmates suspected to be members of a Security Threat Group.
Provide routine assistance to the Canine Interdiction Officers during staff/visitor screenings and other special operations.
Assume a lead role and assist in weekly trainings with the Canine Interdiction Officers
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA’s):
Effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
Knowledge of correctional principles and procedures.
Canine knowledge of proper care and handling of a narcotics’ canine.
Demonstrated proficiency in routine training and documentation of a narcotics’ canine.
Knowledge of riot and crowd control procedures.
Knowledge of investigative procedures and techniques.
Knowledge of report writing techniques.
Skilled in using surveillance equipment, restraining devices and firearms.
Ability to collect, analyze and interpret evidence.
Ability to review and evaluate reports.
Ability to effectively interview a variety of individuals including complainants, witnesses and suspects.
Ability to prepare written reports and to describe facts and events accurately.
Ability to understand and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to provide care and proper attention to a working canine.
Possess the ability to plan and lead weekly trainings with canine officers within the region.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A High School Diploma or equivalent.
A valid Florida Driver’s License.
Current valid certification by the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission as a Correctional Officer pursuant to Ch. 943. F.S.
Minimum 3 years of experience as a correctional officer.
Possess basic canine handling experience.
Possess experience conducting investigations.
Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks.
If you are experiencing technical difficulties applying online, please contact the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
Location:
AVON PARK, FL, US, 33382 AVON PARK, FL, US, 33825 AVON PARK, FL, US, 33826
