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Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputies are honor and integrity bound; conducting themselves with the highest ethical standards. In part, our mission is to protect the lives and property of the citizens of Franklin County, to preserve the peace and prevent crime and disorder while constantly guarding personal liberties. A core function, unlike local police departments, is to maintain our correctional facilities and the Court of Common Pleas. While every deputy starts in Corrections, we have many work opportunities outside Corrections for those interested, including Patrol, Civil, Detective Bureau, Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC), SWAT, Warrants and Extradition, Training, Community Response, Recruitment and Background Investigation.

***Franklin County is transitioning to Strategic Inmate Management (SIM) in Corrections. For more information, click here.***

At minimum, applicants must be 18 years of age or older at the time of employment with a High School Diploma or GED. Applicants are subject to a background investigation which includes: review of criminal records, driving records, credit report, employment verifications, personal references, panel interview along with Computer Voice Stress Analysis. All applicants must pass a drug screening, medical/physical examination and a psychological evaluation.

For more information on the deputy application steps and hiring process, click here.

For information regarding our testing, click here.  The National Testing Network (NTN) allows candidates to test every six (6) months, and candidate scores are accepted by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office twice per calendar year.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All correspondence will be sent to the e-mail address provided to National Testing Network (NTN). Therefore, it is critical that applicants provide a current e-mail address that is checked regularly. Applicants will be notified by e-mail of their scheduled initial, date and time. The date and time for the initial interview has not been determined yet. 

 

Sheriff’s Office Core Competencies:

1. Commitment to Organizational Culture: Works with intention to support and promote organizational culture, transforms operational philosophy into action. Emphasizes service, collaboration, and integrity.
2. Emotional Intelligence: Self-awareness, expressiveness, empathy, authenticity, sympathy, emotional connection with others to create trust.
3. Integrity and Credibility: Walks the talk, knows what's right and does it. Effectively applies values and principles in specific situations. Encourages others to behave with integrity.
4. Teamwork and Cooperation: Crossing boundaries, coordinating groups, makes effective use of all available talent, focused on serving the public together.

Corrections Specific Core Competencies:

1. Analytic Thinking / Problem Solving: Problem solving, on-the-spot decision making, investigations, evaluating reports and statistics, assessing threats, crime pattern analysis, information seeking, and assessing people’s abilities.
2. Attention to Quality & Order: Maintains or increases order in the environment, values accuracy, and quality, and seek clarity in roles and functions.
3. Conflict Management: Respectful, facilitates rather than driving or manipulating, focuses on solutions, focuses on people, and seeks long lasting outcomes.
4. Impact and Influence: Communication that gains others’ support, constant interpretation to others, educating others, persuading others who have fixed ways.
5. Initiative and Time Management: Self-directed, perseverance, persistence, and sets own goals. Sees the job through. 
6. Interpersonal Skills / Active Listening: Communicates effectively with others, crosses boundaries, initiates relationships, is focused on serving the public together.