The Guilford County Board of Commissioners just gave the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department four new positions and the department will try and fill those and other job slots at a special recruiting event on Thursday, Sept. 9 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The department will offer two information presentation sessions – which start at 4:30 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m. – at the Army National Guard Armory on Franklin Street in Greensboro.
According to the press release from the Sheriff’s Department announcing the event, it “will be focused towards identifying applicants who are seeking employment positions as either Detention Service Officers or as Sworn Deputy Sheriff’s.” It adds that, “At this time, there is no prior experience required for either of these positions. However, applicants must be able to perform the essential job functions.”
Anyone interested can find out more information by visiting the department’s website at gcsonc.com. The site will answer some questions about required employment qualifications, starting salaries, job benefits, etc.
The Sheriff’s Department has had an especially difficult time getting guards for the county’s two jails in recent years. It has lost a good number of employees to nearby law enforcement agencies and the notice states that all “qualified and experienced officers in this and other surrounding counties” should look into going to work for the department. It sounds a lot like county law enforcement is openly trying to nab officers from the Greensboro Police Department and the High Point Police Department.
The notice also stated that is a good opportunity for people with a military service background who are transitioning back into civilian life.
Those interested in attending or applying can contact Sgt. Mary Buchanan at 336-641-3333 if they need more information.
The benefits aren’t what they used to be, the current leadership is an embarrassment to the profession & the quality of new employees over the past several years just plain sucks. Promotional practices have become a cesspool of PC culture where qualifications and experience are rarely considered. Couple that with today’s widespread progressive liberal cancel culture. Add all the Covid BS and having to deal with people up close all day every day on top of that. Who in their right mind would want to apply? Hell, there are many more who just cannot afford to leave.
Who wants to work in a racist environment with a known criminal as a boss. Rogers reminds me of the sheriff in the movie Smokey and the Bandit dumb as a sack of hammers
Sheriff’s Office is having trouble filling positions they all ready have. There are job postings on their FB page all the time. What’s behind asking for 4 more unfilled positions. Unless you plan to use money for something else?
You can see if you have experience, you can get more pay for the same job elsewhere. And why to put up with local govt meddling & abuse for less money? That’s why they say “no experience necessary”. That’s a disclaimer, not an incentive. Even more to the point, merit raises are no longer a factor. Just hang around and punch the clock, you get a raise.
Having spoken with small business owners, they ALL tell me the same thing. The work ethic hardly exists any more.
People may show up or not, leave or quit as they often please, do not take instructions, do not listen to customers, use their DumbPhone on company time, are dishonest, and cannot count change or handle money properly, NO social skills, ad nauseum.
This is SOP today, especially since our Govt pays people a lot of money not to work, to have more children, live on the cuff off the landlord, and so forth. There are so many govt gimmies that no one knows how much. Govt WANTS us on their dependency. Then the President will be an autocrat, surrounded by his/her Kommisars.
You’re kidding, right? Who in their right mind would want that job given the climate in the USA toward law enforcement. A thankless job that you’ll end up getting sued over.
Leadership is a problem and will continue to be one. How can anyone regulate a department when they can’t take care of the things in their own life. I see why he is all about the 2nd chance program, because he needed it to cover up his past mistakes. It is a bunch of professions you could not work with his background. Sherif Hege and him are one of the same. Just one was found guilty and the other found away to get out of the charges.