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_________________________________________ Enterprising Occupations: Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs

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Sheriff s and Deputy Sheriff s

! Personality Code: ERS

! Education/Training Required: Long-term
on-the-job training
! Annual Earnings: $49,630

! Beginning Wage: $28,820

! Earnings Growth Potential: High

! Growth: 10.8%

! Annual Job Openings: 37,842

! Self-Employed: 0.0%

! Part-Time: 1.1%

! e job openings listed here are shared with Police Patrol

Offi cers.

Enforce law and order in rural or unincorporated

districts or serve legal processes of courts. May

patrol courthouse, guard court or grand jury,

or escort defendants. Drive vehicles or patrol spe-

cifi c areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and

make arrests. Investigate illegal or suspicious activi-

ties. Verify that the proper legal charges have been

made against law off enders. Execute arrest warrants,

locating and taking persons into custody. Record

daily activities and submit logs and other related

reports and paperwork to appropriate authorities.

Patrol and guard courthouses, grand jury rooms, or

assigned areas to provide security, enforce laws, main-

tain order, and arrest violators. Notify patrol units

to take violators into custody or to provide needed

assistance or medical aid. Place people in protective

custody. Serve statements of claims, subpoenas, sum-

monses, jury summonses, orders to pay alimony, and

other court orders. Take control of accident scenes to

maintain traffi c fl ow, to assist accident victims, and

to investigate causes. Question individuals entering

secured areas to determine their business, directing

and rerouting individuals as necessary. Transport or

escort prisoners and defendants en route to court-

rooms, prisons or jails, attorneys’ offi ces, or medical

facilities. Locate and confi scate real or personal prop-

erty, as directed by court order. Manage jail opera-

tions and tend to jail inmates.

GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 12. Law and Pub-

lic Safety. Work Group: 12.04. Law Enforcement

and Public Safety. Other Jobs in " is Work Group:

Bailiff s; Correctional Offi cers and Jailers; Crimi-

nal Investigators and Special Agents; Detectives and

Criminal Investigators; Fire Investigators; Forensic

Science Technicians; Parking Enforcement Workers;

Police and Sheriff ’s Patrol Offi cers; Police Detectives;

Police Identifi cation and Records Offi cers; Police

Patrol Offi cers; Transit and Railroad Police.

Skills: Negotiation; Persuasion; Social Perceptive-

ness; Service Orientation; Equipment Selection;

Complex Problem Solving; Judgment and Decision

Making; Coordination.

Education and Training Programs: Criminal Jus-

tice/Police Science; Criminalistics and Criminal Sci-

ence. Related Knowledge/Courses: Public Safety

and Security; Law and Government; Telecommuni-

cations; Psychology; # erapy and Counseling; Phi-

losophy and # eology.

Work Env ironment : More often outdoors than

indoors; very hot or cold; contaminants; disease or

infections; sitting.

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