The evidence manager position is assigned to the Staff Services Division and under the Staff Services Division Commander. The evidence manager provides evidence control and lab processing results for Departmental use in prosecutorial and internal investigations, as well as representing the Department with evidence/processing lab matters for outside agencies.

Essential Duties

Responsible for the over-all operations of the evidence room, evidence processing lab, and personnel that work in that section.

May be called upon to manage and operate a crime scene team at major crime scenes.

Functions as liaison between the Police Department and other agencies with regard to evidentiary matters.

Coordinates all evidence and processing matters involving other departments and attorneys.

Daily evidence collection, marking, storage and record keeping, to include maintaining off site storage locations.

Complete evidence management to include; disposal, transfer to other agencies, accountability, preparing and receiving from lab, moving and relocating evidence, and disposal of evidence.

Conduct daily and annual inventories of evidence.

Purge file in the computer and Property Disposition Records (PDR) cards, maintains Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fingerprint (ATF) files and the processing station.

Processes crime scenes with latent processing, using dusting powders and chemicals to process for latent prints, then photographs the latent prints.

Utilizes the A.F.I.X. tracker fingerprint computer and makes finger print identifications.

Prepares court testimony and testifies in various courts.

Must be able give expert advice to other Detectives on latent prints, @types of processing to be applied, processing crime scenes, and proper labs to be used.

Serves as a member of various employee committees.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Maintains Evidence Section equipment, supplies and facilities.

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