Job Description
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Duties
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR I
- Respond to a variety of situations including homicides, suicides, shootings, including officer involved shootings, rapes, and assaults to process the scene;
- Photograph and videotape crime scenes to meet evidentiary requirements; take entry and exit photographs, set crime scene markers; locate, tag, photograph and process evidence, blood spatters, foot/shoe prints, tire tracks, victims and suspects;
- Take impressions of tire tracks and foot/shoe prints;
- Locate and lift latent prints; examine fingerprints and upload to databases; make positive identifications, testify in court;
- Obtain samples such as possible blood, urine, tissue, semen, gunshot residue, buccal swabs or other materials; use chemicals to enhance blood or fingerprints; obtain fingernail samples and scraping; obtain DNA samples from crime scene, victim and suspect;
- Identify blood stains using UV light or Luminol; photograph and take samples;
- Collect bullet casings, noting location, and enter into National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN); serve as NIBIN Technician;
- Collects external swabs in rape cases pending Sexual Assault Rape Team response;
- Photograph autopsies as directed by pathologist;
- Perform general office work, enter information into a variety of regional and national databases; deliver sample to federal crime lab for processing;
- Testify in court as a fingerprint expert;
- Explain in understandable terms the policies and procedures of the Sheriff's Department;
- Operate special equipment designed to locate and collect evidence.
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR II
- All typical tasks from Crime Scene Investigator I and;
- Train and lead less experienced staff;
Requirements
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR I
- PATTERN I
- High school graduate or General Educational Development (GED) equivalency; -AND-
- Two (2) years of full-time work experience involving public contact in a law enforcement setting comparable to a Stanislaus County Community Service Officer.
- PATTERN II
- High school graduate or General Educational Development (GED) equivalency; -AND-
- One (1) year of full-time work experience comparable to a Stanislaus County Forensic Autopsy Technician.
- PATTERN Ill
- Associates degree or higher in Forensic Science, Criminology, or Criminal Justice; -AND-
- Six (6) months full time experience in a law enforcement setting.
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR II
- Two (2) years of full-time work experience comparable to a Stanislaus County Crime Scene Investigator I.
License and Certification
- Possess and maintain a valid California Driver's License.
- Successful completion of POST certified Crime Scene Photography and Latent Print Examination courses.
- Possess and maintain Crime Scene Certification through the International Association for Identification or other certification acceptable to the department.
Special Requirement
- Physical/manipulative abilities required by the department;
- Mental/cognitive abilities required by the department;
- Possess and maintain a valid California Driver's License;
- Must be of good moral character with no felony convictions and must not have been convicted of a crime for which the punishment could have been imprisonment in a Federal penitentiary or State prison.
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