Crime Scene/Evidence Coordinator

Duties

This is highly responsible administrative and advanced technological work in planning, managing, and directing the Property and Crime Scene Unit. Responsibilities include managing property and evidence, including presenting physical evidence in court, processing crime scenes, and classifying and filing fingerprint cards and latent fingerprint comparisons. Duties also involve collecting, examining, preserving, documenting, preparing, or analyzing human tissues or fluids, or physical evidence having potential biological, chemical, or radiological hazard or contamination, or using chemicals, processes, or materials that may have carcinogenic, or health-damaging properties in analyzing the evidence. Employee is required to be on-call for major crime scene investigations. Work is performed with considerable independence.

 Earn a Degree in Crime Scene Investigation, Forensic Science, or Computer Forensics

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of the Rules of Evidence.
• Considerable knowledge of modern crime detection and prevention procedures and methods.
• Extensive knowledge in photography, including various types of cameras, films, and accessories.
• Extensive knowledge of crime scene processing, including discovery and recovery of latent prints, blood, hair, fiber, and other materials.
• Extensive knowledge of applicable laws and regulations and methods pertaining to the acquisition, receipt, control, and evidence and property disposal.
• Proficient in the use of electronic and physical security methods and systems, and bar-code inventory systems.
• Proficient in computer applications, including Microsoft Office.
• Ability to lift, carry, pull, push, and maneuver materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees and the public.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

Training, Certification, and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience involving crime scenes, fingerprints, and evidence collection and preservation.
• Certified by the International Association for Identification (IAI) or the Florida Division of International Association for Identification (FDIAI) in the classification of ten prints and latent print comparison, preferred.

Special Requirements

• Valid Florida driver's license.

The City of Temple Terrace is a drug-free workplace. A pre-employment drug screen, criminal history background investigation, and a driver’s license verification may be conducted.

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