8-5501
SUFFOLK COUNTY
CORRECTION OFFICER
I
CIVIL SERVICE
OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: JULY
23, 2025
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WRITTEN EXAM DATE: SEPTEMBER
6, 2025
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STARTING SALARY $49,721*
*Salary rate
effective per 2019 contract
Salary for 3rd year - $64,475**
Salary for 5th year - $79,842***
Salary for 12th year - $124,235***
(*Includes line-up, shift differential,
holiday and cleaning allowance – excludes any additional pay for overtime)
(**Includes line-up, shift differential,
holiday and cleaning allowance but excludes any additional pay for overtime.)
(***Includes line-up, shift differential,
holiday, cleaning allowance and longevity pay but excludes any additional pay
for overtime.)
SALARY STEP
INCREASES EVERY SIX (6) MONTHS UNTIL TOP STEP
SPECIFICATION #
5501
All statements made on the application may
be verified and the backgrounds of successful candidates are subject to
investigation by the appointing authority.
APPLICATION
PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application processing fee is $125.
Application may be made via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made by VISA or MasterCard
credit card and there will be an additional convenience fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of receipt of application
will be sent to all internet applicants via e-mail. A separate application and
processing fee are required for each examination (identified by examination
number) for which you are applying. The
application processing fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
The application processing fee may be
waived for Suffolk County residents who are veterans, active
duty military, members of the reserves or National Guard, auxiliary
police, firefighters, members in good standing of a local fire district or
ambulance company, members of a Volunteer Fire Department or Volunteer
Emergency Medical Services Agency Explorers programs, volunteer CERT members
and members of the Suffolk County Police Explorers program. The fee may also be
waived if you are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a
household and for recipients of Medicaid, SSI, Public Assistance or those in a
training program under the Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment
Act administered by a state or local social service agency. Applicants should
complete the “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form
online. All claims for application fee waiver are subject to verification.
VACANCIES
The eligible list for this title will be
used to fill future vacancies in the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.
BENEFITS
Benefits include a competitive salary, 50%
pension eligibility after 25 years regardless of age, all overtime paid at 1.5X
your regular hourly rate, accrued vacation days, sick time, personal time,
medical benefits, prescription benefits, vision/dental and no cost uniforms and
equipment.
Please follow the
link below for further information and additional updates.
DUTIES
Directs and supervises inmates and
maintains order and security at Suffolk County correctional facilities.
Responsible for maintaining the custody, safety and well-being of prisoners by
enforcing laws, rules and regulations to prevent disturbances, assaults and
escapes. Correction Officers are
designated by New York State law as peace officers and may be required to carry
firearms in the performance of certain duties.
Does related work as required.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS
Graduation from a standard senior high
school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma by the date of
appointment.
Necessary Special Requirements: After
appointment, the incumbent will be required to obtain a Peace Officer Training
Certificate recognized by the New York State Municipal Police Training
Council. Possession of a valid New York
State driver’s license at the time of appointment; appointees must maintain a
valid license throughout their employment in this title.
Special Age Requirement: The minimum age
to participate in this examination is 20 years by the date of the written
test. Pursuant to Section 54 of the
Civil Service Law, applicants who are within 12 months of the minimum age will
be permitted into the competition.
Therefore, candidates 20 years of age and older will meet the age
requirement. Candidates shall not be
considered for appointment until they reach their 21st birthday.
Residence Requirement: In accordance
with the provisions of Section 23 of the New York State Civil Service Law, the
Civil Service Department will give preference in certification to legal
residents of Suffolk County. To be
deemed a legal resident of Suffolk County for the purpose of being granted
preference as such, a candidate must have been a legal resident at the time of
certification and for at least 90 calendar days prior thereto.
Citizenship Requirement: Candidates must be a United States citizen at
the time of appointment.
Note: Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 217A of the County Law, candidates who have been
convicted of a felony will be barred from appointment and candidates who have
been convicted of a misdemeanor may be barred from employment.
SCOPE OF THE
EXAMINATION
The examination for this position will
consist of four parts:
I. The
written test will cover knowledge, skills, and/or abilities in such
areas as:
1.
Preparing
written material;
2.
Understanding
and interpreting written material;
3.
Preparing
and maintaining records;
4.
Understanding
and applying rules and regulations related to the security and control of
correctional inmates.
Those candidates who receive passing
grades on the written test will be called for the qualifying medical/physical
and personality/psychological evaluations and physical fitness-screening test
as the needs of the service require.
II. Medical/Physical Evaluation (See
page 4): Candidates
will be required to meet the medical/physical standards for Correction Officer
I as prescribed by Suffolk County.
Candidates who successfully meet the standards may be required to be
re-evaluated at intervals prescribed by the Suffolk County Office of Employee
Health Services.
III. Personality/Psychological Evaluation:
Candidates who pass the written exam will be called for a qualifying
personality/psychological evaluation as the needs of the service require. This evaluation will consist of one or more
written tests and an interview designed to assess the suitability of the
candidates’ personality for the position of Correction Officer I. This part of the exam will be administered
during the workweek (Monday – Friday).
IV. Physical
Fitness Screening Test (See page 5)
Candidates must pass all portions of this
examination to be eligible for appointment.
Rank on the eligible list will be determined by written test scores
only, plus veterans’ credits if applicable.
Failure or failure to appear as scheduled for any of these tests or
evaluations will result in the elimination of a candidate’s application from
further consideration for purposes of this competition.
Candidates must be able to successfully
pass the New York State qualifications to possess a firearm prior to
appointment as well as candidates must successfully complete firearms training
and qualification to complete the academy training as required for continued
employment.
NOTES
1.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Department of
Civil Service reserves the right to make such amendment on the Department’s web
page without notification to applicants.
The most current copy of this announcement is available during the
filing period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
2.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service by June 18, 2025
are advised to contact the Department before the written test date at (631)
853-5500.
LOCAL
DATE PREPARED: April 2, 2025
GENERAL CONDITIONS
OPEN-COMPETITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Application
may be made using the Suffolk County Application for Law Enforcement (Form
CS-205LE).
2.
Applicants
may complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form and
submit it with Form CS-205LE.
3.
Candidates
must meet the minimum qualifications by the date of the written test, or last
filing date in the case of training and experience evaluations. Candidates who are within twelve months of
obtaining the minimum education requirements will be allowed into the
examination on a pending basis. Unless
otherwise stated part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the written examination may appeal to the
Department of Civil Service for reconsideration prior to the written test date
appearing on this announcement. Appeals
received on or after the announced written test date will not be considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further consideration for purposes of this
competition. Unless otherwise specified,
the final rank order of the eligible list will be determined on
the basis of the score received on the written test, plus veterans’
credits where appropriate.
6.
Eligible
applicants will be notified when and where to appear for examination. If an application is rejected, due notice
will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are
permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or battery-powered calculators. Devices with typewriter keyboards,
spell-checker, personal digital assistant, address books, language translators,
dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County Department of Civil
Service, the provisions of the Suffolk County Civil Service Rules dealing with
the rating of examination will apply.
9.
When
the written examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department
of Civil Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and Regulations which deal
with the rating of examination will apply.
10.
The
eligible list established as a result of this
examination will remain in force for at least one year and may be extended by
the Department of Civil Service for a maximum of four years. Changing conditions may make it necessary to certify to future vacancies at higher or lower salaries than
those announced.
11.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans’ credits appears on the open-competitive
application form.
12.
Pursuant
to Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and
police officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an
additional ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive
examination for original appointment in the same municipality in which his or
her parent served. If you are qualified
to participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established. No additional
credits will be granted after the eligible list is established.
13.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all statements made by candidates
are subject to verification. Some
employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a
background investigation.
14.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are
appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may be required to pass
qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological evaluations.
15.
Residency
is not required for taking any examinations.
However, some jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries, etc., give
hiring preference to residents. Some
towns also require employees to establish residency within the township. For employment in a Suffolk
County Department, with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County
Law, residency within Suffolk County is required within five years of
employment with the county. In any case
in which residency preference is given, the appointee(s) must meet a specific
residency standard as defined in the Civil Service Rules.
16.
Saturday
Sabbath Observers and handicapped persons:
If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
17.
No
smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds of the examination site.
18.
If
you will be on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States
on the date of this test, please contact the Suffolk County Department of Civil
Service before the last filing date appearing on this announcement for
alternate test date information.
19.
Multiple
Examinations Scheduled for the Same Day:
If you have applied to take a written test announced by either one or
several local jurisdictions (county, town, city) scheduled to be held on the
same test date as this written test, you must notify each of the local
jurisdictions no later than two weeks before the test date, so they can make
arrangements for taking all tests at one test site. All examinations for positions in State
government will be held at a State examination
center. If you have any questions,
please call the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service at (631) 853-5500.
20.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination,
please refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service
725 Veterans
Memorial Hwy.,
William J. Lindsay
County Complex, Bldg. # 158
P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY 11788-009
Phone: (631) 853-5500
PHYSICAL/MEDICAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR
CORRECTION OFFICER
I
These standards are subject to change
during the life of the eligible list without notice to candidates.
Eyes: Acuity Vision – The minimum
acceptable standard of visual acuity uncorrected with each eye tested
separately shall be no worse than 20/100 in each eye. Corrected shall be no worse than 20/30 in
each eye. Left and right lateral
(horizontal) field of vision shall be no worse than 85 degrees in each
direction to provide a binocular horizontal field of vision of at least 170
degrees. Determination is to be made
without correction.
Eyes: Color Vision - Perception of
color is deemed acceptable if the candidate reads at least nine (9) or more of
the first thirteen (13) plates of the 24-plate edition of the Ishihara
Test. If the candidate's color
perception is deemed unacceptable through the use of
said test and he/she believes the results to be incorrect, such an individual
may at his/her own expense can take the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue Test as
prescribed by the Municipal Police Training Council and only at facilities
designated to perform this test. The use of any lens by a candidate in order to meet the color perception standard is not
acceptable.
Eyes: Depth Perception – Depth
perception shall be sufficient to demonstrate normal stereo depth perception to
the correctable standard of 80 ARC seconds.
Ears and Hearing - A hearing loss
in either ear of more than 25 DB in the 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz range or a loss
of more than 30 DB in the 3000 Hz range is considered disqualifying. Abnormal
testing results between 4000 and 6000 Hz will require further evaluation. Hearing Aid Check -- Biological (HAC-B): Use of hearing aids
to achieve such standards are permitted as long as
they are self-contained and fit within (auricular) or behind or over
(post-auricular) the ear. Candidates
with hearing aids shall, at their own expense, provide evidence from a licensed
audiologist, using functional gain or real ear measurements, that such aid(s)
meet the stipulated manufacturer’s standards.
Any ear condition requires a case-by-case assessment to determine if it
will affect the essential functions of the position.
Nose, Throat, Mouth - Any condition
or symptom will be assessed on a case-by case basis to
determine the ability to perform the essential functions of the position such
as loss of sense of smell, speech loss/defects, interference with proper
fitting of a gas mask.
Peripheral Vascular and Heart - Candidates will
be assessed on a case-by-case basis as to the control of any condition and the
presence and severity of symptoms and complications to determine if the
candidate is able to perform the essential functions of the position. Resting blood pressure should be less than,
or equal to, 140 mmHg systolic and 90 mmHg diastolic on three successive
readings.
Respiratory - The respiratory
system must be free of chronically disabling conditions that would interfere
with the candidate's performance of required duties.
Gastrointestinal - Any
malignancies, disorders, and active symptoms will be assessed on a case-by-case
basis to determine ability to perform job functions.
Endocrine & Metabolic - Candidates who
have a condition or disorder that may affect job performance will be evaluated
on a case-by-case basis.
Neurological Health - Candidates must
be free of neurological disorders that may affect job performance. Candidates with epilepsy or seizure disorders
must provide evidence of one-year seizure free history prior to date of
examination.
Musculoskeletal Health - Candidates must
have no defect, deformities or disorders that may
affect job performance. Candidates are
not acceptable if there is an impairment of more than one finger on either
hand. There should be no functional
impairment of the thumb or index finger on either hand. Any disease or injury of back, joints or
muscles as revealed by physical examination that will interfere with the proper
performance of duties will be considered potentially disqualifying.
Dermatological Health - Candidates must
be free of skin condition that would lead to inability
to perform the duties of the position.
Mental Health - Candidates must
be free of mental illness, serious emotional disturbances or nervous disorders,
alcoholism, drug dependence or abuse that would interfere with the performance
of their duties. Candidates will be evaluated
through a psychological screening process.
Candidates may be screened for presence of drugs of abuse.
General Medical Statement - Candidates must
be free of any medical and/or nervous condition, which would jeopardize the
safety and health of the public and/or other employees.
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Physical Fitness
Screening Test
SIT UP MUSCULAR ENDURANCE (Core Body)
- The score indicated below is the number of bent-leg sit-ups performed in one
(1) minute.
PUSH-UP MUSCULAR ENDURANCE (Upper
Body) – The score indicated below is the number of full body repetitions that a
candidate must complete without breaks.
1.5
MILE RUN CARDIOVASCULAR CAPACITY - The score
indicated below is calculated in minutes:seconds.
The running surface may vary and the test may be
conducted on either an indoor or outdoor track.
TEST - MALE |
|||
AGE |
SIT-UP |
PUSH-UP |
1.5 MILE RUN |
20 - 29 |
38 |
29 |
12:38 |
30 - 39 |
35 |
24 |
12:58 |
40 - 49 |
29 |
18 |
13:50 |
50 - 59 |
24 |
13 |
15:06 |
60+ |
19 |
10 |
16:46 |
TEST – FEMALE |
|||
20 - 29 |
32 |
15 |
14:50 |
30 - 39 |
25 |
11 |
15:43 |
40 - 49 |
20 |
9 |
16:31 |
50 - 59 |
14 |
0 |
18:18 |
60+ |
6 |
0 |
20:16 |
A candidate must successfully complete
each of the three elements of the test battery at the minimum score as set
forth above to be deemed to have successfully completed the physical fitness
screening test.
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