About this role
The Detention Officer I is a jailer job for the Edmond Detention Center that requires 24/7 operations, so shifts include holidays AND weekends with frequent overtime. Detention Officers book inmates into the Edmond Detention Center (requiring hands-on contact with inmates), check for drugs or weapons, physically restrain inmates as needed, supervise the well-being of inmates, and clean inmate areas. Shifts are assigned by seniority and are 12-hours long (officers work 3 1/2 days a week).