Senior District Attorney Investigator A/B (COR)

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Investigates actual and suspected law violations, including cases of a difficult and complex nature; gathers, preserves, analyzes, and reports evidence; conducts field investigations and searches crime scenes; interviews and interrogates complainants, suspects, witnesses, and other persons to obtain information; recommends to attorneys the filing of criminal complaints; writes reports, and assists attorneys in the preparation of cases for trial; investigates the personal background of complainants, suspects, and witnesses; testifies in court regarding evidence and investigations; arrests suspected criminals.
• Conducts investigations for the Grand Jury and background investigations of applicants for employment with the District Attorney's Office; Conducts live and photo identification line-ups.
• Executes search warrants and court orders upon criminal suspects to secure blood/bodily fluid samples for evidence and determination of infection for HIV and other communicable diseases.
• Participates in, executes, and conducts search warrant operations, surveillances and undercover investigations; travels via automobile, air, and other modes of public transportation, out of state and out of the country with little notice; assists in the transportation of prisoners, witnesses, and victims over long distances.
• Sends and receives teletype printouts; operates radio, mobile and base station police radio equipment, mobile and land line telephones and paging equipment and operates the District Attorney's Command/Dispatch Center.
• Loads, transports, and stores evidence; operates technical investigative equipment such as tape recorders, cameras, and electronic sound equipment.
• Explains District Attorney policies, procedures as well as applicable laws and regulations to the public, other government agencies, witnesses, suspects, and victims.
• Prepares and maintains statistical and operational logs, records, reports, and maintains computer data bases relevant to assignments.
• Monitors and responds to security alarms located in assigned county facilities.
• May be assigned full or part-time staff assignments including law enforcement liaison, range master, training officer, personnel background investigator, criminal justice instructor, coordinator of the District Attorney's hazardous materials task force, and bureau security officer.
• May be assigned periodically as Bureau Officer of the Day; may be assigned to investigate police officer-involved incidents, consumer and insurance fraud, hazardous materials violations, child abduction and criminal/grand jury investigations involving public officials; may be assigned to drug and other law enforcement multi-agency task forces, criminal intelligence and organized crime, and other specialized units within the Bureau of Investigation.
• May investigate family support cases and apprehend persons suspected of violating family support laws.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of 30 semester or 45 quarter units at an accredited college, including 12 semester or 18 quarter units in Criminal Justice, Administration of Justice, Criminology, Law Enforcement or a closely related field.

OPTION IExperience: Three years of criminal investigative experience, in a sworn status, in a civilian governmental law enforcement agency which included as a primary responsibility the performance of field investigations.

OPTION IIExperience: Two years of experience as a District Attorney Investigator with the County of Riverside.

Knowledge of: The principles and techniques of crime investigation; criminal law, including the rules of evidence, arrest, search and seizure; the techniques of interviewing and interrogating witnesses and suspects.

Ability to: Gather, preserve, analyze, and report evidence; draw logical conclusions and formulate sound recommendations; communicate effectively in oral and written form; establish and maintain effective working relationships with the members of the public and other law enforcement personnel.

Other Requirements

• License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California Driver's License.
• Possession of a valid Intermediate P.O.S.T. Certificate defined by 830.1 is minimally required. An Advanced P.O.S.T. is preferred.
• Must be able to pass an extensive background check.