Crime Scene Investigator

Duties

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Identify, document, collect, process, and preserve crime scenes and evidence within crime scenes.
• Operate technical equipment including alternate light source, argon laser, camera, video equipment, and AFIS system.
• Photograph crime scenes, evidence, victims, and suspects; prepare photo displays.
• Utilize current techniques to identify, preserve, and collect latent prints; compare and identify fingerprints; fingerprint suspects, prisoners and corpses; maintain filing systems; utilize an AFIS terminal to perform database searches to assist in the identification of suspects; prepare fingerprint displays.
• Collect, photograph, preserve, identify and perform basic analysis of blood, ballistic, narcotic and other types of physical evidence; perform physical match comparisons.
• Prepare castings or moulages of tire impressions, foot impressions, hand impressions, tool and other type impressions.
• Process evidence in the laboratory using special powders, chemical solutions, forensic light sources, and various cameras, lenses, and filters in order to develop and preserve evidence.
• Prepare scale diagrams, charts, displays, and other exhibits for professional court presentations.
• Provide expert testimony in court on matters related to identification of evidence.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Essential duties require the following physical skills and work environment:

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, stoop, squat, crawl, twist, climb, and lift up to 50 lbs.; exposure to noise, outdoors, confining work space, chemicals, blood borne pathogens, virus, disease, and mechanical hazards; ability to travel to different sites and locations; must be available for shift work, on-call rotation, stand-by, and emergency calls.

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

Requirements

Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:

Education and Experience

• Two years of college with course work in criminal justice or a related field or completion of a forensic certification program is highly desired.
• Two years of experience in detection, collection, preservation, photographing, fingerprinting, and identification of evidence associated with crime scenes.

License or Certificate

• Must possess a valid driver's license.

To excel in this position, the candidate must possess a set of core competencies. These competencies include, but are not limited to the following:

• Attention to Detail: Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products
• Informing: Proactively obtaining and sharing information
• Teamwork: Collaborating with others to achieve shared goals
• Critical Thinking: Analytically and logically evaluating information, propositions, and claims
• Professional & Technical Expertise: Applying technical subject matter to the job

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