Salary: $22.78 to $27.96

Final Filing Date: August 10, 2007

Duties: Crime Scene Technicians perform specialized, technical work gathering, processing and preserving evidence at crime scenes in support of law enforcement activities. Examples of work include but are not limited to detecting, collecting, preserving, packaging, and transporting evidence; processing for latent fingerprints; performing forensic photography and producing crime scene diagrams. Crime Scene Technicians also prepare comprehensive written reports and testify in courts of law. The Forensic Services Section of the Tacoma Police Department currently operates 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Crime Scene Technicians are subject to standby and call-out assignments and work a variety of shifts and days of the week. Position requires lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds, walking, standing, sitting, pushing/pulling, balancing, climbing, kneeling, bending, stooping and dragging. Incumbents will be required to use a respirator and personal protective equipment when working around hazardous chemicals and evidence that may be biohazardous or carcinogenic.

Requirements: Graduation from high school or equivalent and one of the following:

• Associate’s Degree in police science, law enforcement, photography or a related discipline. (Attach copy of college transcript)
• A minimum of three years of paid, full time, continuous experience conducting crime scene investigations and performing lab processing/analysis of evidence for a law enforcement agency

Note: A bachelor’s degree with significant course work in photography, chemistry, physical or natural science is highly desirable.

How to apply: If you meet the minimum qualifications, submit a completed City of Tacoma Employment Application, Employment Application, Part II Supplement and Personal History Questionnaire to the address listed below. Your application materials must be received by 5:00 PM, Friday, August 10, 2007. Applications received without the required forms will not be considered.

Mail or deliver application materials and attachments to:

City of Tacoma
Human Resources Department
Tacoma Municipal Building, Room 1336
747 Market Street
Tacoma, WA 98402-3764
Phone: (253) 591-5400

Posted: June 22, 2007

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