Crime Scene Technician and Property Manager

Description

Duties

Job Requirements

Minimum knowledge equivalent to a bachelor's of science degree in physical science, business administration, or related field.

Minimum experience equivalent to over one year in the job duties outlined herein.

Minimum experience equivalent to over one year with software applications such as Microsoft Office products and Google documents. Specific knowledge with video/digital media software. Computer data and mobile phone data extraction software knowledge is preferred.

Ability to be trained both on the job and at various locations in the Crime Scene Technician's duties.

Ability to work inconsistent schedules from week to week and to respond to major crime events during assigned on-call status after regular working hours, on weekends, or any other time as needed.

Knowledge of the legal requirements pertaining to the collection, preservation, and presentation of evidence in criminal and civil trials.

Ability to prepare and maintain complex legal records.

Ability to work without close supervision.

Ability to effectively communicated, both verbally and in writing, to a wide variety of audiences.

Ability to operate a variety of complex machines and electronic devices, i.e., cameras, audio systems, video systems, packing devices, wrapping devices, scales and balances, etc..

Ability to successfully pass a background investigation to include criminal and financial checks. The employee will be subject to random substance abuse physical examinations and deception detection examinations during employment.

Difficulty of Work and Personal Work Relationship

The Crime Scene Technician must gather, maintain, and release evidence and found property. Evidence may be difficult to gather at crime scenes due to size, condition, or nature of the evidence; some evidence may be physically or biologically hazardous. Some crime scenes may be intrinsically hazardous due to poor state of repair, difficult ground condition, weather or other conditions. Items of property sometimes are heavy or bulky to handle. Mistakes in maintaining chain of evidence custody may lead to adverse judicial decisions, may result in inability to carry through with criminal charges against suspects, and may open the Department to criticism and civil liability. Conditions of some crime scenes and evidence and human victims of crime may bring about emotional stress to the Technician. Job duties may be time critical and require urgency or the employee to work reasonable extended hours.

Maintains frequent contact with police officers and detectives, civilian co-workers, representatives of other law enforcement agencies, representatives of various county prosecutor offices, police and civilian laboratories, private attorneys and members of the general public to exchange information, prepare criminal cases, maintain records and reports, and carry out the property management and evidence collection functions. Must maintain absolute chain of custody of criminal evidence and confidentiality of records. May testify in court to judges and juries.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, La Egualdad De Oportunidades De Empleo Es La Ley. The City of Bloomington does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

The City of Bloomington validates authorization to work using E-Verify, which provides the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee’s I-9 form to confirm work authorization.