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Duties

• Identifies, examines, collects, documents, preserves, and transports print evidence at crime scenes; searches for latent impressions and other physical evidence; prepares evidence lists for collected property and evidence.
• Obtains major case prints from suspects, victims, and witnesses.
• Attends medical legal autopsies at the Medical Examiner's Office to collect known fingerprint evidence.
• Dusts and lifts prints; develops prints using laser and chemical enhancements; classifies, identifies, and examines prints; compares latent prints to known prints; evaluates latent prints to determine quality, integrity, and identity; maintains records of examinations.
• Processes evidence items for blood, latent prints, and other impression evidence.
• Determines if latent prints recovered from crime scenes are usable for comparison to known prints of individuals and/or for entry into AFIS and/or NGI/ULW; requests known prints of possible suspects for comparison from local, state, and federal departments via associated databases, email, and telephone.
• Prepares, enters, and compares prints in the Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) and related systems.
• Processes and prepares photographs, charts, and other materials for demonstration of evidence in court; offers testimony in court as an expert witness in all phases of latent print collection, processing, and examination; consults with prosecutors on various methods of presenting evidence; provides expert testimony in court.
• Communicates with attorneys and other law enforcement officials and agencies regarding collected evidence and results.
• Authors reports on the collection, processing, and analysis with latent prints.
• Prepares reports, evidence lists, and property tags for collected evidence.
• Assists in developing and creating forensic procedures and techniques, including authoring manuals compliant with ISO 17025 standards.
• Trains and directs the work of full-time, part-time and volunteer personnel.
• Researches and evaluates new technical developments in latent print development, crime scene processing and latent print examination.

Requirements

• Associates of Arts or Science degree from an accredited college in criminalistics, evidence technology, administration of justice, biology, chemistry, or related field.

• At least three years of experience in a Forensic related field performing casework within an accredited laboratory is required.

• Certification as a Latent Print Examiner by the International Association for Identification is highly desired. Possession of or ability to obtain, prior to employment, a valid Class C California driver’s license with a safe driving record.

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