Description
Mohave County is hiring an entry-level Detention Officer I to perform security, custody, control, and care-and-welfare work in county detention facilities. The role includes monitoring inmates, conducting searches and head counts, controlling inmate movement, booking and releasing prisoners, transporting inmates, handling disciplinary matters, assisting medical personnel, and maintaining facility records. The position requires a high school diploma or GED, U.S. citizenship or resident alien status, a valid Arizona driver's license, successful psychological, polygraph, health, and physical agility testing, and completion of 40 hours of on-the-job detention training. Incumbents serve a one-year probationary period and may receive assignments across multiple detention operations.
