Property and Evidence Officer

• Receives items of evidence collected by police officers, checks inventories and logs of evidence to store all items in an orderly manner for quick retrieval, preserving the chain of custody and evidentiary integrity
• Maintains the integrity of evidence by documenting the chain of evidence properly and storing and preserving evidence by department and court standards, testifies in court as necessary regarding the chain of evidence and integrity of property storage/retrieval
• Prepares paperwork and transports property to other agencies and crime labs by responsibly driving city vehicles
• lifting and loading property to maintain integrity and prevent damage
• and being familiar with outlying facilities and analysis labs
• Processes firearms entering and leaving the evidence room with appropriate agencies, including but not limited to Alcohol Tabaco and Firearms (ATF), and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
• Prepares distribution of property by obtaining proper disposition through the courts or city policy, determining if property can be sold at auction or needs to be destroyed, and releases and transports property to appropriate destruction sites or approved auction locations
• Packages evidence including: tagging and marking property received and entering into the computerized property inventory
• packaging property/evidence properly based on state and department guidelines, including receiving, storing, and logging money, narcotics, and firearms and other items of a sensitive nature in an appropriate manner to ensure security and preserve integrity
• Responds to inquiries regarding property in a professional and polite manner including: responding to officers upon request for property or evidence in person or by computer
• responding to citizens regarding property in department custody
• following proper procedures when releasing property to maintain chain of evidence and document property return
• Testify in court as necessary

• Formal Education/Knowledge: Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature that may be obtained with six-months/one year of advanced study or training past the high school equivalency
• Experience: Minimum 2 years’ experience the property and evidence field
• Certifications and Other Requirements: Valid Driver’s License, International Association of Property and Evidence certificate within 12 months of hire
• Reading: Work requires the ability to read literature, books, reviews, scientific or technical journals, abstracts, financial reports, and/or legal documents
• Math: Work requires the ability to perform general math calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Writing: Work requires the ability to write reports, proposals, worksheets, and letters
• Managerial: Semi-complex - Work requires the occasional direction of helpers, assistants, seasonal employees, interns, or temporary employees
• Policy/Decision Making: Moderate - The employee normally performs the job by following established standard operating procedures and/or policies
• Technical Skills: Comprehensive Application - Work requires the use of standard technical skills appropriate to the work environment of the organization
• Interpersonal/Human Relations Skills: Moderate - Interactions may involve support of controversial positions or the negotiation of sensitive issues or important presentations

Certificate from the International Association of Property and Evidence