This class differs from Undersheriff in that the latter is the assistant department head appointed by the Sheriff and is exempt from the County Merit System. While Lieutenants act as commanders of courts, jail or investigation divisions or as officers in charge of a patrol district, Captains are responsible for the overall administration of the activities of more than one major division of the Sheriff’s Department.

The physical demands and working environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear, stand and/or walk; use hands to finger coordination; handle, or operate mechanical objects, controls, or tools; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee may occasionally be required to lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job the employee may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and/or near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places; and with explosives and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.