Jail/Corrections Officer

This job entails two sets of duties. The Corrections Officer maintains the safety and security of the jail and its inmates and provides for inmate needs. The Communication Officer provides central dispatching of all emergency services. The safety of Buffalo County begins in the 911 Communications Center. This position description has been prepared to assist in defining job responsibilities, physical demands, working conditions and skills needed. It is not to be intended as a complete list of job duties, responsibilities and/or essential functions. This description is not intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The Sheriff retains and reserves any or all rights to change, modify, amend, add or delete from any section of this document as it deems in its Judgment to be proper. All staff will have knowledge of and will obey all policies, procedures, rules, orders and directives pertaining to the Communication/Corrections Division. The ability to provide effective credible testimony in a court of law.