Grand Forks County Sheriff's Office

Partial profile reviewed 2026-10-24. Not proof of an opening.

Minimum requirements

• Pages require a completed sheriff application, resume and cover letter. Applicants claiming veteran preference must attach DD214 documentation; this is not a requirement that every applicant served in the military.
• Overview pages do not establish full age, citizenship, criminal-history or current ND POST licensing rules. Do not infer an unsponsored beginner route, prior policing prerequisite or automatic recognition from another state.
• Linked Deputy Sheriff I description, revised August 2021, presents high-school diploma plus two years of post-high-school education as a typical qualifying route, preceded by a combination-of-education-and-experience qualification clause. It also names a valid driver license and ND POST licensure or eligibility after '2-week academy testing'. Confirm current education equivalencies and the exact licensing route; this older wording does not establish a two-week full beginner academy, guaranteed admission or funded training.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

Separate lateral requirements and training arrangements need confirmation.

Recruiting contact

Employer-designated PDF application submission email

Hiring outline

1. Obtain the sheriff's application and submit it with resume and cover letter. Employer accepts in-person or mailed packets at 3005 Heartland Drive, Grand Forks ND 58201, or emailed PDF applications to joel.lloyd@gfcounty.org. The linked job description was reviewed; the application PDF was not opened; confirm current packet details before applying.
2. Employer evaluates education, training and experience and forwards top-scoring candidates for further consideration. This is not a requirement for previous service at the position sought. No complete interview/written-test sequence, scoring weights or retest terms verified.
3. Before employment, employer names a background investigation including medical fitness-for-duty examination, psychiatric evaluation and drug/alcohol screening. Their exact order and further stages are not established. Source asks applicants needing selection assistance to notify Human Resources in writing at application; confirm current arrangements directly.

Physical testing

Medical fitness-for-duty screening is named. Numeric applicant agility events, cutoffs, scoring, accommodations and retests remain unverified; medical fitness is not assumed equivalent to a specific PAT. The August 2021 job description lists regular exertion up to 25 pounds and occasional exertion up to 100 pounds of force as work demands, not applicant PAT pass marks. Its rotating/12-hour/call-out/overtime description is older guidance, not a guaranteed current schedule.

Benefits

Employer advertises paid holidays/leave, health coverage and NDPERS Public Safety Retirement Plan participation. Detailed benefits summary was linked but not reviewed; contribution rates, eligibility, vesting and employee costs remain unverified. No academy funding guarantee.

Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

Partial application/screening guide, not full current eligibility or novice academy sponsorship. Larimore/Northwood are sheriff assignments, not new agencies. Undated hourly pay excluded from annual recruit ranking; larger displayed amounts not assumed annual. No guaranteed vacancy, deadline or JobPosting. No PDF application, benefits document, account, form, personal documents or outreach used. Older job-description revision date is not a current hiring-rule or pay effective date; its non-contractual acknowledgement was not signed.

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