City of DeLand

Job Description

Pay Grade: 113 Dept: Police

Exempt: No Reports to: Commander Operations

SUMMARY: This is a Civilian position that stores, records, and retrieves found or confiscated property and evidence, and performs technical operations, clerical duties, and tasks specific to the position.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Receives and logs evidence and properties.
• Processes evidence as directed.
• Reproduces audio/visual tapes.
• Operates a computer terminal.
• Submits evidence to crime lab.
• Testifies in court.
• Properly disposes of property and/or evidence.
• Opens and closes evidence facility and maintains proper record management.
• Transports evidence with chain of custody.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and /or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Graduation from high school or possession of a GED, and course work and one (1) year experience in inventory control, warehousing and storage keeping is desired. The employee must be in possession of a valid Florida driver's license. A comparable amount of education, training, or experience may be substituted for minimum requirements.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of evidence supplies, filing system, DeLand Police Department policy and procedures, radio codes, signals, and Unit identifications, FDLE submission requirements, and recording equipment (audio/visual).

• Knowledge of Florida State Statues, geographical areas, maintenance procedures, judicial procedures, and alarm system operations.
• Ability to operate a copier, read a map, and operates a motor vehicle and a van.
• Plan/execute detail planning for evidence transport.
• Control all evidence in/out of the evidence warehouse.
• Meet all FDLE filing requirements for evidence control and inventory.
• Audit evidence inventories.

REASONING ABILITY: The applicant must have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral forms. The applicant must have the ability to work with a minimum amount of supervision and to think and act independently under general supervision, initiative; tack, efficiency, and good judgment are required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/ADA: The employee works primarily in a warehouse and office environment. While working, employee may be exposed to fumes, chemicals; narcotics, body fluid and blood, and employee may be required to be on-call.

Lifting:                Lift up to 75 Pounds

Environment:     Warehouse/Office Environment

Vision:                20/20 or Corrected to 20/100

Hearing:             Normal Noise Levels

*Class Descriptions are not intended to be restrictive. The use of (or absence of) a particular illustration of duties shall not be held to exclude or limit the authority of a Department Head to assign other duties which are similar and related to work.