Newly added $15k sign on bonus for all Deputy Sheriff Recruits!!
The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office is committed to providing world-class public safety with honor, courage, and a dedication to service. The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office is one of the largest sheriff’s offices in Virginia with over 500 professional men and women, serving one of the most diverse counties in the nation.
We offer a variety of law enforcement opportunities in areas that include:
Court services
Issue warrants
Civil process
Adult detention Center
Emergency response team
Inmate transport
Community programs
The duties of a Deputy Sheriff I are mandated by federal, state, county and agency regulations, performs a variety of basic deputy sheriff duties in the field of law enforcement, specifically in the areas of correctional services, community corrections, court services, and administration, and any other assigned duties.
Note: The Deputy Sheriff I works a 12.5-hour shift inside the Adult Detention Center, the shift options are:
- Fixed days or fixed nights.
- All shifts work approximately 17 days per month to equal 87.5 hours per two-week pay period, to include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- While working in the Adult Detention Center deputies will receive additional pay, such as night and evening differential, foreign language stipend, field training instructor stipend, holidays, environmental stipend, and/or annual step increases as allowed by the county budget.
- Incumbents are considered emergency essential services personnel requiring that they report on their scheduled day, or may be called back to work, should a manmade or natural disaster or emergency arise.