Fingerprint Technician Supervisor

Duties:

• Instructs and supervises the work of the Fingerprint Technicians, examining work and ensuring all assignments are completed to approved standards.
• Conducts the training program for the Fingerprint Technicians.
• Prepares monthly work schedule and activity report for the unit.
• Classifies searches and compares fingerprints of arrested and potential suspect subjects or job applicants to determine if they have a criminal record and are who the purport to be.
• Uses state and national AFIS systems to establish prisoner’s true identity.
• Uses MULES and REJIS name checks to assist in determining prisoner’s true identity.
• Fingerprints unconscious or deceased subjects to establish identity.
• Fingerprints and photographs subjects in accordance with established procedures (e.g. new employees, juveniles, etc.).
• Uses cardscan workstation to transmit fingerprints of new employees and private security applicants to the Missouri Highway Patrol and the FBI.
• Attends pre-trial conferences and testifies in court as to prisoner identifications and evidence processing results.
• Assists with the maintenance of the Department’s and Missouri Highway Patrol’s criminal and civil fingerprint files.
• Chemically processes items for friction ridge evidence.
• Logs fingerprint evidence upon receipt.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• A high school diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D.); plus three years of experience as a Fingerprint Technician. OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Certification: Must have AFIS Certification by the Missouri Highway Patrol, REJIS and MULES criminal history files and arrest records certification.

• At least one year of previous supervisory experience is preferred.

• Candidates will be required to pass a "Drug Screen" and submit to a "DNA buccal swab" as part of the medical examination.

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