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Sheriff's Records Clerk I
County of Riverside
Sheriff
Location
Riverside, California, 92502-1569
Salary
$18.87 - $27.08
per hour
Type
Closes
January 30, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves handling clerical tasks for the Sheriff's Office, such as managing records, verifying criminal histories, and assisting with public and law enforcement inquiries in a busy environment.
It suits someone organized and detail-oriented who can work with sensitive information and is comfortable in a law enforcement setting.
Ideal candidates have prior office experience in police or similar agencies and are okay with shift work including weekends and holidays.
Key Requirements
- One year of clerical experience in a law enforcement agency (e.g., sheriff's office, police department) or a bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of basic law enforcement functions, recordkeeping, and accounting methods
- Proficiency in computer operating systems and correct English usage, grammar, spelling, and punctuation
- Understanding of confidentiality, privacy laws, and legal requirements for releasing information
- Ability to compile, summarize, and maintain statistical logs, reports, records, and files
- Skills in processing security clearances, inmate releases, warrants, citations, and conducting database searches
- Willingness to work weekends, rotating shifts, and holidays
Full Job Description
The County of Riverside's Sheriff's Office seeking applicants for several
Sheriff's Records Clerks I positions with
locations throughout Riverside County. The Sheriff's Records Clerk I perform a wide variety of specialized clerical support services to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, which may include interacting with incarcerated persons, criminal database verification, providing assistance to the public and other branches of law enforcement; performing other related duties as required. Incumbents will be required to develop an understanding of technical subject matter unique to the work and gather and inspect local, state, and federal criminal history; apply penal codes, rules, and regulations accordingly.
Seeking candidates with clerical experience within a law enforcement agency is preferred.
Working weekends, rotating shifts, and holidays maybe required.
Meet the Team!
The law enforcement professionals of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, with a staff of over 3,600 dedicated men and women, cover the expanse of over 7,300 square miles in southern California. The Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to serving the citizens of its communities with integrity, professionalism, leadership, and loyalty and believes in service above self.
Requirements
• Compile data for, summarize and maintain a variety of statistical logs, reports, records, lists, and files.
• Perform detailed clerical work matching numbers, verifying names and numbers, filing confidential documents, and reviewing, compiling and matching lists.
• Process and research information on individuals to provide security clearances; process security and background clearances, inmate releases and infractions.
• Perform booking, subpoena, restraining order, criminal and traffic citation infractions, felony and misdemeanor warrant, and other criminal record processes.
• May schedule appointments and court appearances; notify other agencies of detainers or holds.
• Conduct record searches in a centralized law enforcement data base to assist with criminal and other investigations.
• Provide information and documents to law enforcement agencies, courts and attorneys, in accordance with legal requirements governing release of information.
• Evaluate images on video display screen for diagnostic quality and presence of artifacts; evaluate videotapes and computer-generated information for technical quality; take corrective action as indicated to ensure image quality.
Qualifications
Experience: One year of clerical experience with a law enforcement agency (e.g., sheriff's office, district attorney's office, public defender's office, or police department) or a bachelor's degree.
*Experience and/or education must be included on your resume/application.*
Knowledge of: Basic functions and activities of a law enforcement agency; basic recordkeeping and accounting methods and procedures; computer operating systems; correct English usage, grammar and rules of punctuation and spelling; standard and legal requirements on confidentiality and privacy.
Ability to: Access automated criminal justice information systems to enter, modify and retrieve data into local, state and national computer systems; work in a law enforcement environment; develop a working knowledge of departmental operations, procedures and regulations; understand, interpret and apply departmental policies, procedures, rules, laws, regulations, ordinances, functions, and processes applicable to the management of local, state and federal law enforcement records; handle stressful situations with the public and cope with a variety of individuals who may be hostile, aggressive, irate, uncooperative, and/or emotionally disturbed; maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Other Requirements
License: Possession of a valid California Driver’s License may be required.
Must obtain California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) certification within six months of employment.
Prior to appointment, must pass a background check, which includes a polygraph.
Additional Information
Contact Information
For more information regarding the position, please contact Andrea Evans at 951-955-3572 or via email at aevans@rivco.org. Please allow 1-2 business days for a response to general inquires.
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