Sheriff's Corrections Assistant Trainee - Indio

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office seeks Sheriff's Corrections Assistant Trainees to establish an eligibility list for the John J.

Benoit Detention Center located in Indio.

This list may also be used to fill future vacancies throughout Riverside County.

The Sheriff's Corrections Assistant Trainee is the entry-level classification within the Sheriff's Corrections Assistant series assigned to the jail Business Office and reports to a supervisory or manager level position.

The incumbent will work in a training capacity performing the more routine specialized clerical duties and under the immediate supervision of a Supervising Sheriff's Corrections Assistant or a correctional or sworn sergeant, learn the more complex and difficult specialized tasks.

The incumbent will be required to work rotating shifts (12 hours), weekends, nights, holidays, irregular hours, and may be required to work overtime.

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 Department is dedicated to serving the citizens of its communities with integrity, professionalism, leadership, and loyalty and believes in service above self.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Receive and process court documents and interpret court proceedings to determine which inmates are to be released or detained; ensure inmates are sent to the correct court on the proper date and time.

• Process the Business Office portion of inmate booking and input charges into the Jail Information Management System (JIMS); run queries through the California Law Enforcement Tracking System (CLETS) and National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computer automated criminal information tracking systems; review booking charges for accuracy and apply bail schedule and rules to determine if charge(s) are eligible for bail.

• Verify court information in an inmate's booking file and apply appropriate rules/ regulations to compute the inmate's sentence(s) to determine proper discharge date.

• Receive cash or Postal Money Orders for inmates and credit proper inmate accounts; reconcile daily receipts and register transactions.

• Prepare documents and update files within JIMS for those inmates being transferred to other federal, state, or local agencies; may coordinate with appropriate agency liaison for the transfer of inmate(s) to their facility.

• Prepare daily court calendar to ensure that inmates are transported to the proper courtroom and appear on the correct court schedule.

• Review accounts for Probable Cause Forms in all new inmate-booking files; send Probable Cause Statements to the appropriate court and judge, and monitor their decision to determine the appropriate action for the inmates.

• Calculate appropriate bail amounts by applying penal codes and bail table rules/regulations; answer telepho...