All applications for the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office must be completed on the Lubbock County’s Human Resources website. You may view current openings on this page. Each opening has a link to the HR website below it’s description.
Baliff (Part Time)
Updated 10/29/26 ∙ 1 Opening
Responsible for providing personal assistance to the judges, juries, and the general public; Handles communications between the judge and the jury during trials and hearings. Duties include providing personal assistance for judges and juries in the courtroom, calling witnesses for legal proceedings in the courtroom, escorting jurors from central jury pool to designated courts, and locking and unlocking courtroom doors within the courthouse.
Qualifications:
- A High school diploma
- Ability to understand and follow instructions in English
This position is a part time position with a maximum of 24 hours per week.
Starting pay: $12.30 an hour
Mental Health Deputy
Updated 11/4/26 ∙ Multiple Openings ∙ Closes soon
Mental Health Deputies preserve the peace within Lubbock County by use of all lawful means and shall, when authorized by law, interfere to prevent and suppress crime. The Mental Health Deputy Program aims to improve local crisis response systems by diverting people in need from hospitals and jails to community-based alternatives that provide effective behavioral health treatment. Mental Health Deputies are peace officers specially trained in crisis intervention through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. They work collaboratively with the community and local crisis-response authorities. The responsibilities of Mental Health Deputies include: coordinating with Patrol Division personnel to respond to requests for crisis intervention, promoting collaboration between local law enforcement and mental health professionals, diverting individuals from unnecessary arrests and bookings, providing timely crisis intervention and crisis stabilization services, transporting individuals requiring admission to an inpatient mental health facility, serving magistrate’s warrants, and providing referrals and linkage to long-term community mental health services.
Position Requirements: A Basic Peace Officer’s License from TCOLE, A High School Diploma or GED, a valid Texas Driver’s License, and previous patrol experience are required. A physical assessment is also required. The assessment consists of a one-mile run in under 12:30 minutes, 20 push-ups in a minute, and 20 sit-ups in a minute. A firearms qualification with a department-issued weapon will take place prior to any interview. Those selected for this position will also need to obtain a Mental Health Peace Officer Certification within one year of selection.
Starting salary: $28.13 an hour (58,504.65 annually)
Expected Schedule is 4 days a week, 10 hours a day with rotating weeks of nights and weekends on-call
Detention Officer
Updated 11/4/26 ∙ Multiple Openings ∙ Closes in 1 week
To maintain the immediate security, care, and control of inmates and the Lubbock County Detention Center structure, ensuring compliance with all local policy and procedures and Texas minimum jail standards. Detention Officers oversee operations within the inmate housing units of the jail, and throughout the facility. We are a direct supervision facility. This means Detention Officers are embedded in the open dayrooms of each housing unit. Officers must also maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for: making observations, reading and writing, operating assigned equipment, communicating with others, ability to maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of exercising sound judgment and rational thinking under dangerous circumstances, evaluating various options and alternatives, choosing appropriate and reasonable courses of action, and demonstrating intellectual capabilities during training and testing processes.
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Must possess a valid Texas driver’s license.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with others in writing and verbally in English.
- Possession of, or ability to obtain, a Basic Jailer’s License Certificate from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) within 1 year of appointment
Starting Salary $28.12 hourly ($58,485 annually)
Expected schedule is 12 hour shifts, 7-7, either days or nights, in a rotating schedule of 3 days on 4 days off, 4 days on 3 days off.
