Property and Evidence Technician

Role & Responsibilities

Receives, inventories, protects and stores a variety of crime scene materials collected for analysis and/or evidence submitted by commissioned personnel for potential litigation or criminal investigation.
Prompts documented chain of custody for all property/evidence from entry into system until final disposition.
Physically transport evidence items to outside labs (WSP, KC AFIS).
Initiates property disposal/release procedures including owner identification, location, notification, release and transfer.
Purges evidence and recovered property in accordance with applicable laws, for disposition of unclaimed or illegal property.
Maintains accurate manual and automated inventory systems and reports of all property and evidence.
Responds to inquiries from the public or other departments, including assisting citizens in recovery of stolen and/or confiscated property.
Prepare reports for departmental communications.
May be required to testify in court relative to evidence handling and chain of custody.
Evidence processing for retrieval of possible latent prints.
Photography of evidence and found property.
Maintain visitor log.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: High school diploma or GED, college degree preferred
Five (5) years of work experience in clerical, inventory control, law enforcement record keeping and statistics, police property and evidence preferred

Any combination of experience and education which provides the desired skills, knowledge and ability required to perform the job.

Licenses And Certificates
Valid Washington State driver's license required
Washington State Patrol's ACCESS certification and Washington's Criminal Justice Training Commission's Property and Evidence Technician course must be completed within six months of hire.