Guilford County government has made a lot of progress in addressing the vacancy issues in many of its departments in recent years, however, one place where a major problem still exists is in finding people who want to work as detention officers in the Guilford County jails.
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is now engaged in a widespread PR campaign to attract guards willing to work in the county’s two detention facilities – in Greensboro and High Point.
Sheriff Danny Rogers is also seeking qualified candidates for deputy sheriffs.
The “Recruitment Information Session” will take place on Wednesday, March 19 at 6 p.m. in the Otto Zenke Classroom of the Sheriff’s Office’s administrative headquarters at 400 W. Washington St. in downtown Greensboro.
Those wishing to register for this information session should call the Sheriff’s Office’s Personnel and Training Division at 336-641-3387.
According to the Office’s public request for recruits, “To provide prospective applicants with valuable insight into these career opportunities, the GCSO will host an informational session on the requirements, application process, and benefits of becoming a Certified Detention Officer or Certified Deputy Sheriff with our agency.”
Those who attend will learn about pay, incentives, certification requirements, work schedules, and many other details regarding the job.
Also, prospective detention officers and deputies are being encouraged to attend regardless of whether or not they’ve submitted an application.
Dress well. “Business professional attire” is required for attendance, and there will also be a virtual meeting option for applicants who request to use that method.
Filling detention officer positions has been a major problem for the department for years and continues to persist as a problem even though the county and the Sheriff’s Office have raised pay and added a very generous number of incentives and benefits over the years.
The problem precedes Rogers’ tenure as Sheriff. It was also a constant headache for Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes, who, for years, worked constantly to fill those slots and keep people in them.
Rogers didn’t do himself any favors when he took the sheriff’s job six years ago and, as one of his first acts, summarily fired over a dozen officers that he worried were too loyal to Barnes.
Rogers later also terminated a highly-respected top-level jail employee to the chagrin of many who worked in the jails.
While working conditions are tough and can be dangerous, recent pay raises combined with all the newly added benefits should help entice some to take a serious look at these openings.
Cowboys hats not allowed?
He needs a CLOWN hat, because he hurt himself by getting rid of 25 employees the 1st month he was in office and his Chief Deputy left after 2 months after seeing how he treated people. He terminated a longtime jail employee who got a job the next day at another Sheriff’s Department, and he fired a Captain who had 16 months until retirement. Nobody wants to work in that environment he has created. Why do they start a job fair on a Wednesday (church night) at 6 p.m.? Why not have one starting at like 10 a.m. on a Saturday? Oh, that would be common sense, my bad.
If they don’t get that man out of office, someone is going to end up getting killed in that jail. No one wants to work for Danny Rogers. They know he’s not a good man to work for, and he is not a good leader for the sheriff’s office. That’s been a fact since day one.
Gerry, have you forgotten someone has already been killed, and another beaten so severely they will never return to work? There were Officer & retiree suicides, and even one Detention Officer murdered during Barnes’ tenure as well, but those circumstances were all very different than the mess we’ve seen the past several years. This has got to change & several other p!$$ poor leaders need to be put on the curb at tge same time as Rogers.
There are many good folks there, but those few bad apples sour the whole orchard!
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t he forbidden from possessing a weapon due to a conviction?
If that is true does he yell “stop, or I’ll say stop again!” when confronting a law breaker (assuming he does so)?
Just asking.
Yeah, sorry pal, but your wrong on that one.
You can be charged with countless things, convicted of some & still not be a convicted felon. The cowboy still needs to be pounding out cow pies in a pasture someplace.
No, Barnes did not have a problem getting Dentention Officers or Deputies! No one wants to work for that loser!
Yes, Barnes had the same problem hiring & retaining Detention Officers, but not for all the same reasons as Rogers.
Who we need now for Sheriff is BJ Barnes, but I doubt he will. The current sheriff is a clown. . .and he proves it by wearing his clown hat.
No, we don’t need Barnes, and I highly doubt Barnes would want all the headaches under the current county administration. Any of us who have been lucky enough to retire will be quick to tell you that the longer we’re away, the less we miss any of it. BJ may chime in with his own opinion here, but my money says he will gladly support any truly qualified and somewhat conservative leader who will step up to the plate. I wish them well, whoever they may be, but they can’t print enough money to bring me back & I know many others who feel the same way.
The Clowns in Sheriff dept take their lead from our local govt.
We have a racist Marxist Sheriff with a ” colorful” background and payback as his agenda, installed by the other racist Marxist elites in Guilford County and Greensboro.