Bailiff

• Maintains order for court hearings and deals with difficult persons or situations in the public areas, courtrooms, office areas and judges’ chambers.

• Assists clerk’s office and judges to prepare the courtroom for court sessions, validate paperwork and handle records and documents in court during arraignments, dockets and trials.

• Provides relevant information and security for judges, court employees, jurors and citizens that visit the court, including making security sweeps before and after each court session

• Answers questions and provides customer service for the general public.

• Prepares for emergencies by reviewing all emergency and escapes plans and knowing the correct procedures in the event of fire alarms, storms, tornadoes, and active shooter situations.

• Provides CPR and other assistance to individuals experiencing health issues such as seizures, heart attacks, and the like, until emergency medical crews arrive.

• Checks in jurors, escorts the jury to and from the court room and provides the Judge with jury verdicts.

• Maintains a presence in the courtroom during walk-ins and trials, enforces courtroom decorum and handles any problems that might arise.

• Checks jail credit from various facilities and forwards information to the judges. 

• Checks insurance presented by defendants by telephoning insurance companies to verify coverage.

• Completes proper paperwork for booking prisoners into jail upon court orders.

• Escorts defendants to the docket clerk, collections clerk, cashiers, community service department and warrant office.

• Works a queue assigned to the Bailiffs to verify driver’s license, insurance, and time-served credit.

• Acts as Spanish translator (if able) in every department as needed

• Coordinates security procedures with APD warrant officer assigned to the court.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

• Ensure the safety of judges, staff, jurors, defendants, and visitors, including physical intervention when necessary.

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The City of Amarillo is an Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from eligible and qualified persons regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information or protected veteran status, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.

The City of Amarillo provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities on a case by case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact the Human Resources Office at 806-378-4294.