Property & Evidence Technician

Duties:

What you will be doing:

• Ensuring that incoming property and evidence is packaged in accordance with agency guidelines; inventories property and evidence based on policies and procedures demands of the agency.
• Preserving all incoming property and evidence from contamination, theft, or loss; maintaining and updating documentation with tracking information commonly known as the "chain of custody".
• Entering necessary data into the property unit tracking system (automated or manual system as provided and directed); operating property management software and information systems, as directed.
• Ensuring all releases and dispositions of property and evidence are legal and accurately documented.
• Arranging and documenting interim releases and return of evidence for court, crime lab analysis, or investigative use; preparing and forwarding property-related forms to requesting units and agencies.
• Serving as the liaison for property and evidence matters between the agency and other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.
• Providing maintenance of the storage facility, and ensuring all efforts are taken to make the property unit as safe as possible for employees as well as property/evidence.
• Storing property/evidence in the designated storage area(s); limiting access to the Property Room to authorized individual(s) only and maintains access logs; ensuring there is adequate security for the Property Room.

Requirements:

What you need:

• Completion of high school curriculum or equivalent.
• Two (2) years of experience in property and evidence maintenance, record keeping, administrative, police support or related field.
• Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for the above.
• Has not been convicted of a Class “B” misdemeanor within the last ten years or any offense greater than a Class “B”- must be able to testify in Municipal, County, State and Federal Court
• Pass a background investigation and Security Threat Assessment which includes criminal and driving records checks; a truth verification examination and/or polygraph; a medical physical examination and drug test; Possession of a valid Class C driver’s license.
• Complete specialized training and certification within a year of hire date for Texas Association of Property and Evidence Technicians Basic or Advanced Certification and/or Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Basic Property Technician Certificate

What we desire:

• Experience in Evidence Management.
• Multi-lingual.

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