Job Description
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Duties
Essential Job Functions
- Serve as the agency’s primary digital evidence technician. Make copies, upload, download, redact (as required) and copy all agency requested digital audio and video evidence.
- Obtain digital evidence from businesses, residences, vehicles as needed and track and store in the Digital Evidence Management System.
- Serve as liaison to City I.T. department regarding the storage and security of digital evidence.
- Serve as point of contact with vendor and system administrator for the Police Department Digital Evidence Management System (DEMS).
- Serve as a point of contact with vendors and as a system administrator for the Police Department Dash-Cam and Body Camera system(s).
- Compile evidence and associated documents for dissemination to outside agencies or the public in accordance with established policies and procedures; performs routine computations, database searches in CAD and RMS, and maintains and updates records and logs.
- Sort, index, and file police property and evidence records; check reports, forms, and other data for clerical accuracy, completeness, and conformance with established policies and procedures.
- Conduct property and evidence audits and inventories in accordance with department policies and procedures.
- Review police incident reports, identifies statutory exemptions, and redacts confidential and exempt information from digital evidence accordingly.
- Work with both state and private attorneys to respond to requests for digital evidence review in a prompt and timely manner in accordance with department policies and procedures.
- Repackage and or transfer drug or biological evidence utilizing appropriate equipment and PPE for FLDE submissions.
- Manage and maintain property and evidence in accordance with established policies and procedures; to include updating computer databases, preserving chain of custody, and ensuring proper dissemination and disposition of property and evidence.
- Secure evidence and drive a department vehicle to FDLE lab in Orlando or Tampa approximately twice a month to deliver and pick up return evidence.
- Maintain and/or operates routine office equipment.
- Assist with special projects as directed and may perform specialized tasks when trained and so assigned.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Requires two (2) years of responsible experience in the field of evidence/property management within a law enforcement agency.
- Two (2) additional years of responsible experience in areas with auditing and reconciliation processes such as stock control, loss prevention, shipping and receiving, or accounting preferred.
- Position also requires intermediate to advanced computer skills with the ability to learn to search databases and records management systems.
- Experience retrieving, copying, redacting digital video and audio evidence or experience managing and editing multimedia files is a plus.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is a must.
- Position requires strict confidentiality of exempt criminal investigative or victim information.
- Must pass an intensive police background check, to include prior criminal incidents, driving history, and previous work history.
- Emphasis is placed on integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality. Requires a valid State of Florida driver’s license and satisfactory driving record as a condition of initial and continued employment.
- Must qualify for CJIS access and obtain NCIC/FCIC limited access certification within 90 days of employment. In-house and online training is provided.
- Must be able to obtain certifications from the Property and Evidence Association of Florida (PEAF) and the International Association for Property and Evidence (IAPE) within twenty-four (24) months of hire.
- Must maintain the IAPE certification every five (5) years.
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