This mandated certification course provides basic training for jail officers.
An employee supervising inmates – in any capacity – must be a certified jail officer.
An online POST application MUST be completed and approved 2 days PRIOR to the class start date.
This mandated certification course provides basic training for jail officers.
An employee supervising inmates – in any capacity – must be a certified jail officer.
An online POST application MUST be completed and approved 2 days PRIOR to the class start date.
P.O.S.T. Hours 16 Familiarize the deputy with the procedures for protecting courtrooms, court officers, defendants, witnesses, jurors and visitors. Contact
Acquaint the deputy with the Office of Sheriff and the responsibilities and obligations one assumes both to the sheriff and to the community upon employment.
Provide the deputy with the appropriate techniques in dealing with the media, the legal rights of the media, and how to negotiate certain tactics used by media personnel to gather information from law enforcement officers.
Acquaint the deputy with the concept of ethics in law enforcement with the emphasis on the consequences of unethical officer behavior and improper officer interaction with suspects and victims.