Supervising Property and Evidence Specialist

Duties

Property Room Functions

• Receives, records, stores, releases and disposes of all property and evidence in accordance with established procedures and laws;
• Updates policies and procedures relating to property and evidence;
• Ensures barcodes are included with all incoming property and evidence;
• Maintains all evidence storage areas at police building and remote site;
• Prepares property and evidence for auction and coordinates pick-up;
• Processes auction payments; photographs evidence;
• Processes court orders for return or destruction of evidence;
• Processes requests from officers, district attorney, private attorneys, insurance companies for photos, copies of audio and videotapes, evidence, and other items;
• Transports evidence to and from crime labs, coroner’s office, and other locations;
• Coordinates requests for narcotics analysis;
• Transports narcotics to lab and/or arranges for courier pick-up;
• Decontaminates biohazard areas such as blood-dry room and cabinets;
• Arranges for disposal hazardous materials or transports to County disposal;
• Coordinates Superior Court hearings for disposition of weapons in domestic violence and psychiatric detention cases;
• Prepares weapons for disposal;
• Coordinates weapons destruction;
• Transports weapons with sworn officer;
• Maintains inventory of property and evidence packaging materials including ordering and restocking;
• Trains others in the proper evidence packaging procedures and other procedures;

Administrative Functions

• Supervises employees, including assigning, directing, and evaluating staff;
• Trains and evaluates employees to develop and maintain a high level of proficiency;
• Assists with the selection of staff;
• Monitors and prioritizes workload, assignment of projects, and the quality of work output to ensure department standards are met;
• Interprets policies and procedures, as required;
• Performs data entry and utilizes specialized software and databases, such as an evidence-tracking system and other specialized software and databases;
• Researches disposition of cases for purging of evidence using local, County, State, and Federal automated information systems;
• Testifies in court as a custodian of evidence;
• Coordinates film processing;
• Completes money deposits with Finance Division personnel;
• Processes discovery requests;
• Sends counterfeit money to U.S. Secret Service;
• Provides courier services by transporting sensitive documents for the Chief’s office.

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

Requirements

Experience, Education, and Training Guidelines:
Any combination of experience, education, and training that would provide the best-qualified candidates. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills, and abilities would be:

• Experience: Three years of experience in performing inventory control and/or processing legal documents with computer experience or two years of full time experience processing and collecting evidence in the law enforcement field.
• Education: Equivalent to graduation from high school. Coursework or in-service training in accounting/inventory control and processing evidence is highly desirable.
• Training: Any recent training such as academic courses and certification programs which are relevant to this job classification.
• Certification: Possession of the Basic Property/Evidence Management Certificate is required prior to the completion of the probationary period.
• License: Possession of a valid California driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record as determined by the City.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Willingness and ability to:

• Work scheduled and emergency overtime;
• Work outside under adverse weather conditions, such as in heat, cold and rain;
• Safely handle controlled substances, firearms and biologically-contaminated items;
• Work any shift in a 24 hour day, weekends, and holidays;
• Be available on-call as required;
• Wear a City uniform and related equipment;
• Maintain status as an expert witness;
• Travel out of town to attend meetings, training and seminars during work and non-work hours.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Essential duties require the mental and/or physical ability to:

• Read fine print and detect subtle shades of color;
• Work with biologically-contaminated items;
• Converse over the telephone, in person and over a two-way radio;
• Stoop, reach, and climb ladders and numerous flights of stairs;
• Write, type, and work with specialized equipment, drive a vehicle;
• Lift and move a minimum of 50 pounds;
• Stamina to stand or sit for long periods of time.

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