Job Description:

• 1) Guards prisoners being transported in correctional van between jail, courthouse, prison, mental institution, or other destination: Searches or assures that prisoners have been searched by POLICE OFFICER I and receives commitment papers before placing prisoner in van.

• 2) Watches prisoner to prevent escape or violence.

• 3) Delivers prisoner to appropriate authority and obtains signed receipt for prisoner.

• 4) Searches inside of correctional van after each trip to determine if weapons or valuables have been hidden by prisoner.

• 5) May administer first aid to injured or ill prisoners.

• 6) May handcuff violent or dangerous prisoners.