Property Technician

Duties

Duties

• Receive, store, and maintain all property and evidence including all stored property and evidence related equipment; maintain stocks of required packaging and storage supplies; maintain organized property packaging and storage areas in accordance with state, city, and departmental procedures and regulations.
• Notify property owners of releasable property; release or dispose of property recovered, found, or seized in accordance with state, city, and departmental procedures and regulations.
• Use property and evidence database system to enter and maintain data about all actions associated with the property; compile data from a variety of database systems to prepare reports; duplicate digital evidence as needed.
• Coordinate with various public agencies, private attorneys, and others to arrange and conduct timely viewing of evidence during discovery processes; witness the viewing of evidence during discovery processes in an unobtrusive and impartial manner; transport evidence to various public agencies and other persons legally entitled; and testify in court regarding chain of custody, property records, and equipment maintenance.
• Perform research to determine if evidence needs to be retained or destroyed; ensure disposal of evidence is properly handled.
• Attend training to keep current with applicable laws and regulations relative to the handling and storage of evidence/property and recommend appropriate changes when necessary.
• In a backup capacity, make latent fingerprint comparisons following established procedures.
• Perform general office duties including typing, record keeping, filing, and basic report writing.
• Use personal protective equipment including but not limited to gloves, safety glasses, face masks, and Tyvek suits, when applicable and required.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

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

Requirements

Knowledge of:

• Basic principles and methods for receiving and handling property and evidence.
• Safe firearm handling.
• Safe work methods and safety regulations pertaining to the work.
• Basic law enforcement organization, activities, terminology, and regulations.
• Record keeping principles and practices specific to a law enforcement (or equivalent) organization.
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

Education and Experience - Any combination equivalent to the education and experience likely to provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to gain such knowledge and abilities would be:

• Education: Equivalent to graduation from high school.
• Experience: Two years of experience in police records, property/evidence management, inventory/supply administration, storage, and records management, or equivalent with a law enforcement agency.

Certifications/Licenses:

• As a term of continued employment, incumbents must obtain certification as a Property and Evidence Specialist (CPES) from the International Association of Property and Evidence (IAPE) within 18 months of appointment.
• As a term of continued employment, incumbents must successfully complete the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) 38-hour course on latent fingerprint comparison within 18 months of appointment.

Physical Demands and Working Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use the computer keyboard and mouse, use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk or hear, stand, walk, and stoop, or crouch. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Requires the ability to work in an office environment where the noise level is usually moderate.

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