INVESTIGATOR V (CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS) - OAHU

About the role

The current vacancy positions are permanent, full-time positions with the Department of the Attorney General, Investigations Division. This recruitment will remain open until 30 applications are received. Please apply immediately as this recruitment may close at any time.

Responsibilities

The Investigator V level plans, organizes, directs and coordinates the activities of an investigative agency concerned with civil, administrative and/or criminal investigations falling within its respective jurisdiction, where violations investigated are related to a specific program area, OR conducts civil, administrative and/or criminal investigations falling within a variety of jurisdictions, where violations or circumstances investigated are related to a broad variety of program areas, and are not limited to a specific program area (welfare fraud, etc.), like that of lower investigator levels; and performs other related duties as assigned.

The current vacancy positions are located in the Investigations Division with the Department of the Attorney General. The Investigations Division is responsible for providing investigative services to all State departments and law enforcement agencies within the State of Hawaii in conducting criminal, civil, and administrative investigations. These positions are vested with statewide police powers in accordance with Section 28-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) and are authorized to carry and utilize firearms and ammunition. These positions are responsible for independently performing investigations in a wide variety of administrative, civil and criminal cases under the purview of the department.

Investigations include allegations of improper and unethical conduct by State employees, appointed officials, and public officers; tort, damage, flood and injury claims; traffic accidents or other accidents occurring on State-owned property; organized crime activities; corruption by public employees and officials; assaults, stabbings, and murder in State correctional facilities; and any other situation where enforcement and investigative assistance is requested.

A majority of work time is spent conducting criminal investigations which involve interrogating suspects, interviewing witnesses, reconstructing crime scenes, searching for physical evidence, cultivating informants, maintaining surveillance, doing undercover work, preparing search warrants, assuring that the evidence is properly handled throughout the investigation, and making proper arrests.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualification Requirements: Legal Authorization To Work, Basic Education/Experience, Specialized Experience, Quality of Experience, Selective Certification Requirement (Criminal Investigations Experience), Relevant Substitutions, Special Requirements, Driver's License, Drug Testing

Qualifications

• Relevant Substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements

Skills

Knowledge of interviewing and interrogation techniques; proper investigative report writing techniques; rules of legal evidence; search and seizure laws; laws of arrest; techniques of and equipment used in surveillance; proper use of force, including deadly force; and the Hawaii Penal Code.

Ability to review and analyze financial and other written documents. Ability to possess thorough knowledge of and the ability to properly use firearms in the performance of their duties.

Benefits

Note: Employees appointed to temporary positions may also gain membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months. Once you become a member of the civil service, you become eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits afforded to an employee in a permanent position with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.

Pay

$6,221 to $7,568 per month (SR-24, Step D to I)

Schedule

This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill any current temporary full-time and permanent full-time vacancies, and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.