Employment

Applications for employment can be obtained from the Commissioners office, which is located on the 2nd floor at the Indiana County Courthouse.

Training

Sheriffs' deputies perform the primary missions of Process Service, Courtroom Security, Prisoner Transport and Custody. Since 1984 all Sheriffs deputies are required by Pennsylvania Law to receive standardized training and education in the professional and lawful execution of their duties as Law Enforcement Officials. This training provides history of the Sheriff and the law, techniques of process service, security of Judges, courtrooms and staff, prisoner transportation, firearms qualification and safety, first aid and self-defense.

To be considered for employment, an applicant is required to have Act 120 certification. Yearly training sessions are conducted by the staff on all aspects of the office duties and functions including firearms and first aid.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has recognized the Deputy Sheriff Training Program as comparable to the Municipal Police Officers Education and Training Act 120. Most of our deputies are certified with both Act-120 and the Deputy Sheriff Training Program. The training program takes place at Penn State University in State College, PA and requires 560 hours of training. As a professional law enforcement agency we continually train our personnel.

All deputies are required to be recertified by the Deputy Sheriff's Training commission. The PCCD provides deputy training and education semiannually on various subjects in order to maintain their state certification.

In additional to the required yearly training, our deputies recently received additional training in Subject Control Tactics. They participate twice a year in a refresher course.