LEAD FORENSIC SCIENTIST

About the role

This position is a technical specialist, lead classification in the series, assigned to a specialized unit within the Chicago Police Department’s Forensic Laboratory. The position involves overseeing the receipt, collection, and preservation of physical evidence, performing complex evaluations and testing, and maintaining compliance with accreditation standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the receipt, collection, and preservation of physical evidence submitted to the Forensic laboratory associated with criminal investigations
• Distributes and monitors staff work assignments for completeness and accuracy
• Writes and drafts discipline specific policies, procedures, and methods
• Performs independent casework and evaluations in a primary forensic discipline
• Conducts and oversees the chemical analyses of evidentiary materials
• Analyzes chemical and physical substances, materials, liquids, or other physical evidence and prepares chemical reagents within assigned forensic discipline
• Identifies and reaches scientific conclusions supported by data and observations
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Conducts and oversees the chemical analyses of evidentiary materials
• Analyzes chemical and physical substances, materials, liquids, or other physical evidence and prepares chemical reagents within assigned forensic discipline
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations and testing by applying scientific principles to identify and classify items received in the laboratory
• Performs complex evaluations