STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: CRIMINAL EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN
Class Code: 2331-17
Date Established: 11/1/11
Occupational
Code: 7-6-4 Date of Last Revision:
BASIC PURPOSE: To receive, process, and store items of
physical evidence in the Department of Safety, Division of State Police's
Forensic Laboratory in connection with criminal investigations.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Receives, labels, inventories and records physical
evidence submitted to the Forensic Laboratory, ensuring legal accountability
and proper chain of custody for admissibility in a court of law.
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Checks each piece of evidence for proper packaging and
labeling and verifies accuracy of evidence submittal forms.
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Records and maintains information in laboratory and
storage location databases.
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Delivers bar coded evidence to vaults and secure
storage areas.
·
Communicates with local police departments, police
agencies and State Police officers concerning the level of priority and status
of forensic examinations and other analytical work.
·
Returns evidence from completed and cancelled cases to
individual police departments.
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Prepares evidence for destruction and witnesses its
incineration.
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Testifies as an expert witness in depositions and
criminal trials and prepares court exhibits for presentation at trial, as
needed.
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Assists State police and other agencies with crime
scene processing to include documentation, collection and preservation of
evidence, when required.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling, and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires knowledge of business practices and
procedures or technical training in a craft or trade, including working from
detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a variety of practical situations.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving direct
service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making preliminary
recommendations for the development of alternative short-term program policies
or procedures. Errors at this level
result in incomplete assessments or misleading recommendations causing a
disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires no supervision of employees or
functions.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing
regular job functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous
physical elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent
exposure to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical
Demands: Requires medium
work, including continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching,
bending, or lifting as well as performing work activities which require fine
manual dexterity or coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing reports,
and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to solving
problems and achieving work objectives.
This level also requires presenting information for use by administrative-level
managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions to
establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical
problems. This level also requires
providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization
exists.
Independent
Action: Requires a range of
choice in applying a number of technical or administrative policies under
general direction and making routine decisions or in recommending modifications
in work MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
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Education: Associate's degree from a recognized college
or university with major study in laboratory technology or in the biological
sciences, health sciences, physical sciences, or forensic science. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
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Experience: Two years' experience in chemistry,
biological sciences or forensic laboratory duties.
License/Certification: Eligibility for New Hampshire driver's
license.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to pass a security background check.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of
chemical and physical laboratory equipment, techniques, procedures and
language. Knowledge of the practices of physical testing. Knowledge of the
proper handling, storage and preservation of crime scene evidence and
laboratory specimens to be used as evidence.
Knowledge of the practices and procedures of inventory control and
record keeping. Skill in the use and
care of laboratory equipment and materials. Skill in using computers and
photographic equipment. Skill in
organizing work. Skill in reading and
interpreting written directions. Ability
to record information accurately. Ability to communicate effectively orally and
in writing. Ability to establish and
maintain effective working relationships with departmental and local police,
legal personnel and the general public.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class
specification is descriptive of general duties and is not intended to list
every specific function of this class title.
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