Evidence Property Manager

POSITION TITLE: Evidence Property Manager

DEPARTMENT: Police

DIVISION: Support Services

SALARY: $51,043.00 Yr. / $24.539904 Hr.

CLOSING: Until filled

Job Summary/Scope

Maintains all evidence, which includes receiving, tagging, locating, and transporting to and from the lab and court. Maintains custody and disposition of evidence until court judgment of each case. Serves as a liaison between officers and the court, the department, and the public for evidence. Assists in preparing divisional budget.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversees all evidence-related job duties and supervises part-time evidence technicians.
• Receives, tags, locates, enters, and safeguards all evidence; enters records into the computer and master logbook.
• Maintains evidence and records for the St. Joseph Police Department.
• Inventories all items in the evidence room by item and location.
• Transports evidence to laboratories to ensure chain of custody is maintained as required by the courts.
• Testifies in court as required.
• Ensures proper security and storage of weapons, drugs, and currency is maintained.
• Prepares documentation to various agencies as required.
• Prepares letters of release upon adjudication of criminal cases and recovered/stolen property.
• Prepares destruction/sales documentation as determined by the courts.
• Serves as a liaison between courts and officers for all evidence.
• Maintains supplies for officers for the gathering, packaging, and identification of each item by case number, assists with budget preparation, and performs quarterly audits

Other Duties and Responsibilities

Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Employee Behavior and Conduct

City employees shall conduct themselves in a professional manner. They shall exhibit and extend such professional conduct appropriate for the circumstances to those with whom they come into contact both internally and externally during the performance of their duties. Examples of professional conduct include, but are not limited to, being communicative, informative, fair, honest, and respectful.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Skills in data entry, typing, general office procedures, inventory control, warehousing, preservation and packaging of evidence.
• Knowledge of general police terminology and City and county laws that pertain to evidence.
• Ability to work effectively with the general public.
• Must be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• One to three years prior experience in Law Enforcement or related field required, with experience in police records, crime laboratory, or dispatch preferred.

Material and Equipment Directly Used

Uses a variety of office equipment with various software applications. Other equipment such as a ladder is used. Regularly drives assigned vehicle when transporting evidence. There may be times when use of a personal vehicle may be required.

Working Environment/Physical Requirements

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work frequently sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions and occasionally requires standing, walking, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arm’s length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to outdoor weather conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Education

High school diploma or equivalent required; degree in related field preferred.

All applicants must pass a drug screening and criminal background check prior to employment.

Any job offer made by the City is contingent upon the applicant passing the drug screening and background check.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The City is a governmental entity subject to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,

which requires that otherwise qualified handicapped individuals be protected from discrimination.