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.Questions? Contact Missy Sammons or Brent Loeffler at 770-914-1076.
P.O.S.T. Hours 3Acquaint the deputy with the Office of Sheriff and the responsibilities and obligations one assumes both to the sheriff and to the community upon employment.Contact
P.O.S.T. Hours 2Acquaint the deputy with the procedures to be followed when transporting a prisoner outside the jail. Emphasis will be placed on the hazards and security issues associated with escorting and transporting prisoners.Contact
P.O.S.T. Hours 2Acquaint 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.Contact
P.O.S.T. Hours 2Provide the deputy with instruction concerning the various types of bonds and relationship of the courts to the bonding procedure.Contact
P.O.S.T. Hours 2Provide the deputy with a working knowledge of procedures commonly utilized to search for and locate wanted and/or missing persons.Contact
P.O.S.T. Hours 2Provide the deputy with a working knowledge of the types of civil process handled by the sheriff’s office, to include writs, summons, ejectment, procedures, and garnishment cases and other court orders such as extradition procedures and detainers.Contact
P.O.S.T. Hours 4Familiarize the deputy with the transportation of the mentally ill and the unique problems associated with such transportation. This block will also address the laws applicable to commitment of the mentally ill.Contact
