Cumberland County Sheriff's Office

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is currently offering Paid On-the-Job Training for Detention Officer positions.

Detention Officer Application Information

APPLICATION

Any citizen applying for the position of Detention Officer must fall into the guidelines of the following:

SUMMARY OF THE SELECTION PROCESS

It is the policy of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office to hire, recruit, train, and promote employees without discrimination because of race, religion, color, political affiliation, physical disability, national origin, sex or age.

  1. Applicants go to the Detention Center's Human Resource Office to obtain an employment packet.
  2. The completed employment packet must be returned to the Human Resource Office.
  3. The Human Resource Office will schedule the selected application to go before a Review Board.
  4. Once the application has been approved by the Review Board, the Human Resource Office will forward the completed employment packet for the background investigation to be completed.
  5. Upon completion of the background investigation, the Human Resource Office will schedule the applicant for an interview, a polygraph examination, a psychological evaluation, physical examination, a drug screen.
  6. Results of the background investigation, psychological evaluation, physical examination, drug screen and a polygraph test can only be revealed to the Sheriff and/or Chief Deputy.
  7. The entire application process may take up to 90 days to complete. If at any point a decision is made not to hire an applicant, the individual will be notified in writing within 30 days of the decision.
  8. Time to Allow:

INTERVIEW An applicant should allow a day for the interview. The applicant will not actually be engaged in this activity for that time but can expect to spend the day with the Sheriff's Office due to necessary scheduling for groups of applicants.

POLYGRAPH If selected, an applicant should allow at least two hours for the pre-polygraph interview and the polygraph examination.

PSYCHOLOGIST A selected applicant should allow a day for the psychologist appointments. The applicant will not actually be engaged in this activity for that full time frame, but can expect to spend different periods during the day with psychologist.

PHYSICAL EXAM Applicants given a physical examination should allow at least two hours for the examination.

Areas of Inquiry/Examination Those applicants selected for background investigation will be investigated by one or more members of the Sheriff's Office who will inquire into the applicants education record, personal conduct, credit record, criminal history, prior employment performance and relationships with other people before a final offer of employment is made.

Applicants should advise references and past employers they will be contacted by the Sheriff's Office and to respond to the inquires in a timely fashion. Applications will not be processed until all inquires are received back by the Sheriff's Office.

Those applicants selected for polygraph examination will be examined by a Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Polygraph Examiner. General areas of questioning during the pre-polygraph screening include, but are not limited to, any criminal history, including use of illegal drugs, credit history, education, employment history and military service.

Selected applicants will be tested and evaluated by a psychologist and undergo a physical examination.

 

SALARY

The minimum salary for trained, certified Detention Officers is $25,642.00 as of 07/13/2003.

·        Persons we hire that are already NC certified will start with a 5% lesser salary until successful completion of field training.

·        Persons we hire that are not certified will start with a 10% lesser salary. Employees will receive a 5% salary increase after successfully completing the Detention Officer's Certification Course and will receive the additional 5% salary increase after successful completion of field training.

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

Employees' retirement benefits are administered by North Carolina Local Government Employee's Retirement System. Medical and Dental Group Insurances and a 401K Plan are available to employees.

ELIGIBILITY To be eligible for participation in the retirement system you must be working in a permanent position at least 1,000 hours per year (20 hours per week).

CONTRIBUTIONS Each employee contributes 6% of salary each pay period. The county pays 4.9% of all salaries.

UNREDUCED BENEFITS You may retire with an unreduced service retirement benefit after:

You reach age 65 and completed 5 years of creditable service.
You completed 30 years of creditable service.

REDUCED BENEFITS You may retire early with reduced retirement benefit after:

You reach age 50 and completed 20 years of creditable service.
You reach age 60 and completed 5 years of creditable service.
You reach age 55 and completed 5 years of creditable service if you are a law enforcement officer.

DISABILITY RETIREMENT After 5 years of creditable service, if you become totally and permanently disabled for work, as approved by the Medical Review Board, you may become eligible for disability retirement benefits. Your disability benefit is based on the same formula as service retirement, which means your creditable service is counted as though you continued working to the earliest date you would have qualified for an unreduced service retirement allowance (age 65 or 30 years of service).

DEATH BENEFIT After 1 year of creditable service, if you die before age 70 while still employed, your beneficiary will receive a lump sum payment that equals the salary you earned during the previous calendar year or previous 12 months, whichever is greater, but not more than $20,000.00. The death benefit is paid also if you die:

Within 366 days of the last day for which you were paid salary if you are receiving disability retirement benefits.

Within 90 days of the last day which you were paid salary if you stop working for your employer for any reason.

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