Job Title: Police Evidence and Property Technician

SUMMARY

Processes, stores, and controls evidence and other property received or confiscated by the Police Department; classifies and compares fingerprints; maintains property and evidence files and records.

General supervision is provided by the Police Civilian Supervisor. Responsibilities may include training and/or indirect supervision of lower level personnel.

This is an entry and journey level specialized police civilian classification and performs all duties required to effectively dispatch police services. This classification is distinguished from the Police Civilian Supervisor classification, which is assigned as a unit supervisor.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential job functions. Additional duties may be performed as required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties.

• Receives, logs, stores and maintains property and evidence in accordance with Department procedures; transports evidence for forensic examination; maintains evidence rooms in an organized condition.
• Verifies inventories of evidence and property received and/or confiscated by Police Department.
• Reviews evidence and analysis forms for errors and omissions and assists with corrections.
• Determines purge dates for property and evidence; releases or disposes of property and evidence in accordance with applicable laws and court orders; prepares and sends letters to property owners for claim; releases property to rightful owner; prepares surplus and unclaimed property for disposal or auction.
• Prepares property and evidence for court trials; releases property to authorized persons; tracks chain of custody of evidence items; testifies in court regarding evidence chain of custody.
• Assists in determining evidence analysis requirements; provides training in proper evidence and packaging procedures.
• Evaluates suitability of latent fingerprints for automated system.
• Reviews and files photographic evidence.
• Responds to outside agency requests for evidence, status and chain of custody.
• Prepares a variety of property and evidence reports.
• Assists in other police service support work.
• Establishes and maintains inventory systems.
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Property and evidence storage, filing, retrieval and recordkeeping systems
• Laws related to processing, storage, release and disposal of property and evidence
• City and Department policies and procedures.
• Information technology, personal computers and related software applications.
• Fingerprinting techniques and procedures
• Photography and photographic equipment