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Partial profile reviewed 2026-10-25. Not proof of an opening.

Minimum requirements

• Deputy description lists minimum age 20, while detention lists minimum age 18. These are published position descriptions, not independent verification of every current state appointment or academy requirement. Confirm the age and timing applicable to the actual role.
• Both descriptions list a high-school diploma or GED, one year of work experience in any field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience providing the needed knowledge and skills. Confirm how the agency applies that alternative; prior police service is not a universal work-experience prerequisite in these descriptions.
• Deputies must possess and maintain a Georgia driver's license and Georgia POST certification according to the deputy description. The reviewed material does not establish an automatic novice academy route or out-of-state equivalency.
• Detention officers must possess and maintain a Georgia driver's license and complete and maintain Basic Jail Officer Certification, CPR and first aid. Confirm when those certifications must be obtained and who pays; the wording does not prove every applicant must already hold them or guarantee paid training.
• The degree-related detention pay categories do not make a four-year degree mandatory for all detention applicants. Obtain the complete current eligibility and disqualifier policy; the overview does not resolve all background, citizenship, driving, medical or document requirements.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

The deputy description requires Georgia POST certification, but does not establish out-of-state recognition, service-credit pay placement, a lateral academy waiver or guaranteed assignment. The careers overview says new employees begin at the specified minimum salary; confirm current applicable placement directly rather than assuming prior experience changes that rule.

Recruiting contact

Published Training, Background & Recruitment Division questions contact

Hiring outline

1. Identify the available deputy, detention or other position and review its current requirements. The standing careers page is not a dated requisition or a guarantee that every listed role is immediately available.
2. Complete the pre-application through the route linked by the sheriff. The page describes it as the beginning of an assessment for an available position. The external iRecruit workflow was not opened, completed or submitted.
3. Confirm the remaining screening, interview and document steps with the Training, Background & Recruitment Division. Its name alone does not establish a particular test, ordered background process or guaranteed response time.
4. The careers page says a physical examination must be successfully completed after an employment offer. This is the only explicit offer-to-examination ordering verified here, not a complete appointment sequence or proof that no other screening applies.

Physical testing

A post-offer physical examination is published. No numerical fitness events, running distances, repetitions, cutoff times, scoring groups, retest policy or separate physical-agility course were verified. Medical examination should not be substituted for a fitness standard. Ask the agency for the current role-specific protocol; no automatic fitness preset or individualized exercise prescription is supplied.

Benefits

The careers page lists major-medical, dental and eye-care insurance, 15 days paid vacation, 13 days paid sick leave, a pension plan, deferred compensation, and supplied uniforms/equipment. Premiums, accrual period, eligibility, vesting and current plan terms are not established by the overview. Obtain the current benefits documents before comparing offers.

Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

Partial guide reusing original wave467 full source reviews; no new fetch or source-freshness claim. Starting amounts are reproduced with their missing pay period/effective date, not converted to annual pay or used for ranking. Careers page describes employment as at will; no employment offer or terms were accepted. Actual pre-application, underlying benefit plans and complete current appointment policy remain unreviewed. Sheriff is separate from DeKalb County Police and other-state DeKalb agencies. No account, form, signature, consent, personal documents or outreach submitted. Generic copyright/missing policy links are not affirmative reuse permission.

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