Application Process for Corrections Officer 

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APPLICATION PROCESS – CORRECTIONS OFFICER

1.      FILL OUT APPLICATION AND RETURN NOTARIZED COPY TO HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.  APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT:

Comal County Human Resources Department, 100 Main Plaza, Ste. 102, New Braunfels, TX 78130.  The phone number is (830) 643-5859.  Applications for posted jobs are available on the Comal County Web Page: www.co.comal.tx.us under County Jobs.

Be sure to:  include any and all requested documents to include any court papers (bankruptcy if applicable) and sign with a notary.  Application forms not filled out in its entirety will not be considered.  Willful omission or falsification of information will also result in an application being rejected.

2.      APPLICATIONS ARE SCREENED, TO INCLUDE A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK.

3.      APPLICANTS PASSING CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS ARE SCHEDULED FOR A WRITTEN EXAM AND A  PRE-SCREEN INTERVIEW WITH THE CAPTAIN AND THE CHIEF OF JAIL.

4.      APPLICANTS PASSING PRE-SCREEN ARE SCHEDULED FOR AGILITY TEST.

5.      APPLICANTS PASSING THE AGILITY TEST ARE SCHEDULED FOR AN ORAL INTERVIEW WITH A PANEL OF SHERIFF’S CORRECTIONS OFFICERS.

6.      APPLICANTS ARE PLACED IN AN ELIGIBILITY POOL BASED ON RANKING OF SCORE BY PANEL MEMBERS.

7.      SHERIFF’S OFFICE DETERMINES NUMBER OF HIRES NEEDED FROM ELIGIBLE POOL FOR RESPECTIVE HIRING DEPARTMENT (I.E., CORRECTIONS OFFICERS, COMMUNICATION OFFICERS, OR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES) AND ADVISES HUMAN RESOURCES OF NUMBERS AND ELIGIBLE'S NAMES.

8.      HUMAN RESOURCES SENDS CONDITIONAL OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT WITH TERMS EXPLAINED AND DEADLINES FOR CONDITIONS SET FORTH (I.E., COMPLETION OF BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE, DRUG TEST, PHYSIOLOGICAL EXAM AND PHYSICAL EXAM (DEPENDING ON POSITION).

9.      IF APPLICANT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES AND PASSES ALL TESTS, EXAMS, AND THE BACKGROUND CHECK THEY WILL BE OFFICIALLY OFFERED EMPLOYMENT.

10.   ONCE APPLICANT IS OFFICIALLY OFFERED EMPLOYMENT, THEY ARE SCHEDULED FOR IN-PROCESSING WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND SCHEDULED TO MEET COMMISSIONERS COURT PRIOR TO OFFICIALLY STARTING EMPLOYMENT.

NOTE:  LENGTH OF TIME FOR THIS PROCESS WILL VARY DUE TO
              DIFFERENCES WITH EACH APPLICANT.  DO NOT CALL TO
              CHECK ON PACKAGE.  ONCE YOU ARE CONDITIONALLY
              OFFERED EMPLOYMENT, YOU WILL BE KEPT APPRAISED OF
              THE PROCESS BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.      

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