TDOC CORRECTIONAL TACTICAL OFFICER 1 - 65572

Company: State of Tennessee
Location: Nashville
Posted on: February 12, 2025

Job Description:

Executive Service TDOC CORRECTIONAL TACTICAL OFFICER 1Tennessee Department of CorrectionOIC - Strike ForceNashville, TNSalary Range: $4,517 - $6,758 monthlyClosing Date: 02/24/2025 This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position Who we are and what we do:The Tennessee Department of Correction operates and oversees 14 adult prisons across the state, housing some 21,000 offenders. In the community, TDOC supervises 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community corrections. The department operates 44 probation/parole offices in 13 districts across the state. The Tennessee Department of Correction operates safe and secure prisons and provides effective community supervision in order to enhance public safety.Job Overview:The Correctional Tactical Officer 1 acts as a representative of the Special Operations Unit Director and the Tennessee Department of Correction in performing the important and confidential duties that involve contact work with law enforcement, court appearances, community leaders, offenders, their families, victims, and the general public. This position is expected to be a resource in providing support for staff at all levels of the Tennessee Department of Correction.Key Responsibilities:The Correctional Tactical Officer 1 position is assigned to the Contraband Interdiction Unit's (CIU) Special Operations Unit (SOU), which is the specialized tactical response division of the TDOC. The Tactical Officer 1 is an operator position on Strike Force One (SF1), which is the states only full-time rapid response tactical unit. The TO1 is responsible for conducting the day-to-day operations within SF1, which includes emergency callouts (24-7), high-risk transports, extraditions, intelligence-based prison search operations, contraband interdiction operations, demonstration control (riots, civil protests), supplying specialized instruction to the SOU, dignitary protection, court security and assisting with outside law enforcement agencies. This position is based out of Nashville, Tennessee, with significant travel throughout middle, east, and west Tennessee.Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires successful completion of a physical fitness test.
• Graduation from an accredited high school or an accredited GED
• No criminal felony conviction (s)
• Successful completion of the TDOC firearms qualification course required and must be able to carry a weapon while on duty.Work experience:
  • 1 year of experience with offenders/detainees in the capacity of a police, correction, or probation/parole officer. Or applicable military experience that includes military policing, detainee assignments or at least 1 year in an active-duty status with an honorable discharge (DD-214). Pursuant to the State of Tennessees Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the States policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that persons race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veterans status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.
    

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