Community Service Officer I

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office seeks to establish a pool of candidates for Community Service Officer I throughout Riverside County.

The incumbent performs a wide variety of law enforcement support duties requiring substantial face-to-face public contact; utilizes knowledge of multiple ordinances, regulations and codes; performs independent field patrol duties (e.g., giving citations or interviewing victims of non-violent crimes where a suspect is unknown); receives custody of an arrestee from a sworn officer for transporting purposes, or acts as an evidence custodian receiving, identifying, storing, tracking, and maintaining the security of crucial evidence within the evidence room; assists as needed with the Fleet Services Division of the Sheriff's Office; performs other related duties as required.

The Community Service Officer I is the entry-level classification in the Community Service Officer series and reports to an appropriate supervisory or manager level position.

Incumbents receive on-the-job training in the techniques and procedures essential to the classification's duties as well as complete a Department-approved field-training program to gain the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to independently perform the duties assigned to the Community Service Officer II level.

The Community Service Officer series is distinguished from the Deputy Sheriff series in that the former does not independently respond to in-progress crimes, past situations where there is a suspect or volatile situations.

Incumbents are eligible to promote to the Community Service Officer II after obtaining one year of experience as a Community Service Officer I, successfully completing the Department-approved field-training program, receiving a satisfactory performance evaluation, and meeting any additional qualification requirements stated in the recruiting guidelines.

Failure to achieve a satisfactory performance evaluation and meet the requirements to promote to the next level prior to the end of the probationary period will result in incumbents being returned to their former County classification or new hires being probationary released.

Salary Range

Community Service Officer I
$20.17 - $30.02 Hourly
$3,496.55 - $5,203.63 Monthly
$41,958.57 - $62,443.51 Annually

Meet the Team!

The law enforcement professionals of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office , with a staff of over 3,600 dedicated men and women, cover the expanse of over 7,300 square miles in southern California.

The Sheriff's Office is dedicated to serving the citizens of its communities with integrity, professionalism, leadership, and loyalty and believes in service above self.

Community Service Officer I

• Receive, identify, categorize, preserve, and store evidence appropriately without tainting or contaminating; enter, update and track evidence information into Law Enforcement Evidence Tracking System (LEETS); retrieve evidence for law enforcement personnel, and pros...