What are the responsibilities and job description for the Detention Officer position at The City-County of Butte-Silver Bow?
Administers the custody and care of prisoners; does related work as required.
This is responsible law enforcement work involving performance of a variety of duties to control and supervise the activities of persons incarcerated in the Butte-Silver Bow Detention Facility. The work is performed under the general direction and supervision of the Detention Facility Administrator, but some leeway is granted for the exercise of independent judgement and initiative. The nature of the work performed requires that an employee in this class establish and maintain close cooperative working relationships with the supervisor, other law enforcement and emergency response personnel, inmates and the general public. Because the work is performed in close proximity with persons convicted of criminal offenses, the work involves an element of personal danger.
An employee in this class is required to maintain complete confidentiality on all matters pertaining to law enforcement operations, Law Enforcement Department personnel and the general public.
This position is covered under a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City-County of Butte-Silver Bow and the Butte Police Protective Association.
Offering Lateral Transfer pay up to five years
Union contract and pay scale information available at : https : / / www.co.silverbow.mt.us / 2018 / Union-Contracts
Examples of Essential Work (Illustrative Only) :
- Supervises and controls the custody and activities of inmates of the Butte-Silver Bow Detention Facility by enforcing facility rules and regulations, maintaining order and discipline and monitoring and controlling activities within assigned areas of the facility.
- Supervises and performs intake of prisoners to assure implementation of regulations concerning fingerprinting, mug photography, hygiene, and allocated clothing.
- Communicates and coordinates with multiple agencies, including County Attorney's Office.
- Monitors and regulates recreational, educational, hygienic, nourishment and social activities to maintain control of individual prisoners and the general inmate population.
- Supervises inmate visitations, intervening in and / or reporting abnormalities.
- Generates statistical and narrative reports.
- Performs cell checks.
- Issues basic supplies to prisoners.
- Answers phones and responds to questions regarding Detention Facility population.
- Administers medication to inmates.
- Delivers meals to inmates.
- Cleans Detention Facility cells.
- Performs related work as required.
- Perform all duties and work assignments in a safe, healthy, and environmentally sound manner. Specifically, complying with the Health & Safety Program; maintaining work areas in a safe and orderly manner; identifying and reporting unsafe conditions; reporting all accidents; wearing required personal protective equipment; and attending safety-related meetings, training sessions, fit testing, etc.
- Perform all duties and work assignments in compliance with project quality requirements.
- Act responsibly and ethically, and in conformance with generally accepted business, occupational, and professional standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Experience, Training, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :
Acceptable Experience and Training
Required Special Qualifications
Essential Physical Abilities
Additional City-County information :
From and after October 1, 1979, all employees of the local government of Butte-Silver Bow shall be bona fide residents within the boundaries of Butte-Silver Bow during the period of their employment by the government of Butte-Silver Bow.
Ord. 85 § 1, 1979)
The City-County is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical disability, or veteran status.
The job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities. Tasks and duties of the employee may differ from those outlined above.
About The City-County of Butte-Silver Bow :
We are a consolidated city-county government. We have an elected Chief Executive that leads the Executive Branch, along with twelve elected Council of Commissioners that represent each of our geographical districts. We are located in the heart of scenic Southwest Montana. Butte was established as a mining camp in the 1860’s and quickly became the nation’s biggest supplier of copper. Our headframes still dot the landscape, a reminder of what made us who we are. Our nickname is “Butte America,” but we also go by, "The Richest Hill on Earth.” Immigrants from Ireland, China, Lebanon, Austria, Greece, Italy, Mexico, and numerous other countries came to Butte to work in the mines, they came to Butte, America.
Salary : $4,020 - $4,430
