Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs

• Investigate illegal or suspicious activities.
• Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests.
• Verify that the proper legal charges have been made against law offenders.
• Take control of accident scenes to maintain traffic flow, to assist accident victims, and to investigate causes.
• Execute arrest warrants, locating and taking persons into custody.
• Record daily activities and submit logs and other related reports and paperwork to appropriate authorities.
• Notify patrol units to take violators into custody or to provide needed assistance or medical aid.
• Serve statements of claims, subpoenas, summonses, jury summonses, orders to pay alimony, and other court orders.
• Question individuals entering secured areas to determine their business, directing and rerouting individuals as necessary.
• Patrol and guard courthouses, grand jury rooms, or assigned areas to provide security, enforce laws, maintain order, and arrest violators.
• Transport or escort prisoners and defendants en route to courtrooms, prisons or jails, attorneys' offices, or medical facilities.
• Locate and confiscate real or personal property, as directed by court order.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs.