Detention Officer

Job Title: Police Detention Officer

The Brooklyn Park Police detention officer books and releases arrested inmates/persons for Brooklyn Park and other agencies. The detention officer maintains paperwork, statistics and records. The detention officer maintains the jail facility to include security, access and egress of control, cleanliness, inventory, and inspections. The detention officer maintains the care of in-custody of inmates/persons. They provide assistance in special circumstances and/or emergency situations. The detention facility operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The detention officer works a rotating schedule of 12-hour shifts that will primarily include overnights. Detention officers also work weekends and holidays. Once training is completed, this detention officer will work a rotating schedule of four days on, four days off, and most likely night shift hours. Detention officers bid for their shift based on seniority.

Essential duties and responsibilities include conducting searches, booking inmates, maintaining property inventory, taking photographs, fingerprinting, identifying, and supervising arrested persons. Assists with determining bail. Maintain jail paperwork, arrest records, court system records, and daily logs. Maintain jail security of property and facility, access and egress control, cleanliness of facility, inventory of inmate supplies, and inspections. Maintain care and custody of inmates, including monitoring activities and records. Provide meals and showers, ensuring personal hygiene and well-being. Maintain and administer inmate medication and recreation. Supervise inmate cell activity, phone calls and visits. Provide assistance in special circumstances and/or emergency situations that includes physical restraint and discipline of inmates as directed. Provide emergency first aid and medical assistance to inmates and staff and as needed. Answer and respond to radio and phone calls, faxes, and emails. Run queries, criminal histories, and other legal documents. Attend quarterly and annual training on relevant topics such as CPR/First aid, defensive tactics, team meetings, and Mantoux testing. Manage end of the month paperwork records, monthly in-house detention records, suspense files, validations, gun permits, misdemeanor theft project, and launder department items. Fingerprint individuals for suspense files, court records and other agencies. Communicate with probation, divisional court, and the public defender's office, and set up and supervise virtual meetings for inmates prior to court. Provide training to new detention officers.

Minimum qualifications include being 18 years of age or older, having a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid driver's license, and one (1) year of experience in corrections, law enforcement, public safety and/or security. Certain felony and gross misdemeanor convictions will result in the rejection of a detention officer application. Equivalency, knowledge, skills, and abilities are also considered. Desired qualifications include college level coursework, experience with victims of domestic violence, basic knowledge of computer/computer programs, training or experience in de-escalation techniques and mental health, fluency in Spanish, Hmong, Russian, Somali, Lao, or Vietnamese language(s), and experience working with people from various cultural, socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.

Working conditions include possible exposure to hazardous equipment, hazardous contaminants, bodily fluids and hot or very cold temperatures. Frequent standing and walking. Regular exposure to hazardous situations and conditions. Required to drive a vehicle, walk, speak intelligibly, hear, stand, frequently sit, use of hands and fingers to handle and feel, firmly grasp, reach with hands and arms, push, pull, twist, lift, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and perform repetitive motions. Requires the regular lifting/moving 25-50 pounds, occasionally one hundred pounds, may be required to life/drag a victim. Must have specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be physically capable of completing a physical ability test on an ongoing basis. Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. Ability to work in an indoor and outdoor environment. Ability to perform moderate and heavy physical activities for prolonged periods.

A criminal background check and/or qualifications check are necessary for this job title. Applicants are required to sign an informed consent form allowing the City to obtain their criminal history and/or verify their qualifications in connection with the position sought. Applicants who do not sign the informed consent form will not be further considered for the position. All job applicants must pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol test/medical examination, and psychological examination once a conditional offer of employment has been made. Applicants will be required to sign a notification and consent form prior to undergoing drug and alcohol testing. Applicants who do not consent to undergo drug and alcohol testing will not be required to do so and the City will withdraw the conditional job offer, resulting in the job applicant no longer being considered for the position.

Anticipated work schedule is a full-time, non-exempt, union position that will work a 12-hour shift on a rotating schedule of four (4) days on and four (4) days off. Detention officers bid for their shifts based on seniority. They work one of the following shifts: 6PM-6AM, 6AM-6PM, and 3PM-3AM. Newly hired detention officers most likely will end up on a night schedule. Anticipated hiring wage is $34.93-$44.89 per hour, depending on qualifications, with full-time employee benefit package. This pay range is based on the 2025 contract. Once the 2026 contract is finalized, the pay rate will be adjusted.

The selection process will consist of one or more of the following steps: a rating of relevant education and experience and/or an oral examination (100%). It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess. This information will be used to determine which candidates will proceed in the selection process. A submitted application is also used to verify the answers to any supplemental questions. Only those candidates who attain a passing score (70%) on each step in the selection process will be placed on the eligible list. Human Resources Department reserves the right to limit the number in any phase of the selection process.