Property & Evidence Processor

General Description of Duties

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in safeguarding confidential or sensitive information.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of assignment including law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and citizens.
• Ability to review documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance; compile data and information for reports; compose letters and memoranda; explain policies and procedures.
• Ability to accurately enter and/or retrieve information from various computer systems and/or programs in a timely manner.
• Ability to maintain accurate records, logs, or other documentation as required by the position.
• Ability to prioritize work.
• Ability to perform other clerical duties such as filing, answering the phone, and/or compiling correspondence.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws pertaining to evidence handling, storage, and disposal.
• Skill in the use of office equipment including computers and various software applications.

• Ability to walk, bend, stretch, stoop, reach and climb (stairs or stepladders). Frequently push, pull, lift and/or carry materials weighing up to 75 lbs., and to occasionally push, pull, lift and/or carry materials weighing up to 100 lbs. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Must also possess the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to use hands and arms to finger, handle, grasp and feel; and operate the following: vehicles, computers, and any other equipment that is used to perform the essential functions of the job. Exposure to hazardous chemicals, narcotics, firearms and blood pathogens.

Tasks and Policies

TASKS

• Successfully completes all assignments to specifications, within specified timeframe and budget as directed and in accordance with agency policies and regulations. Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Retrieves, receives, handles, marks, documents, stores, preserves, packages, tracks and disposes of property and physical evidence in compliance with Florida Statutes, the Rules of Criminal Procedure, Accreditation Standards, and Property and Evidence Protocols.
• Maintains accurate chain-of-custody records. Records entries, transfers and disposes of all property and physical evidence. Generates computerized reports.
• Researches case dispositions for proper disposal and/or release of property and physical evidence including firearms, drugs, and money.
• Answers questions and inquiries from law enforcement personnel, attorneys, and citizens about property or physical evidence disposition.

• Arrives on time for work, limits breaks, and lunches to the allotted time, and leaves on time. Uses leave in accordance with General Order. Communicates and cooperates with management in providing proper notice of leave; patterns and amounts of leave usage (not including legitimate, properly scheduled and approved leave and protected leave).
• Volume of work accomplished is consistent with position requirements and produced within quality tolerance standards.
• Works with other team members to achieve group goals by contributing ideas in group settings, accepting ideas contributed by others, operating within team rules, participating in team activities (i.e. meetings), working with team members to improve job knowledge and skills, putting team goals over personal goals, and supporting team leaders once decisions are made.
• Follows standard office procedures, safety policies and procedures and Agency General Orders.
• Interpersonal relations, the manner in which the employee responds emotionally and verbally to the public, other employees, and supervisors. This Policy also relates to the image the employee projects and includes cleanliness and personal grooming.
• Operates and cares for equipment, tools, and vehicles according to prescribed standards and schedules.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• Valid Florida Driver's License
• Must pass MCSO 8-hour Driver Improvement Course.
• 35 WPM typing required