Work is performed under the immediate supervision of a Detention Lieutenant according to established security procedures and department regulations. Work is reviewed by direct observation while in progress, through study of reports and records and by reports from inmates and visitors. Click here to read what some of our detention officers have to say about working in Fort Lauderdale. An employee in this class performs a variety of duties in support of sworn police officials including preliminary investigations, investigations of automobile accidents and informing the community of City regulations and services relating to physical and sanitary conditions of domiciles and the grounds surrounding them, buildings, vacant lots, and abandoned vehicles. Duties include the preparation of various reports, utilization of police communication equipment, operating a motor vehicle and processing crime scenes for latent fingerprints and other physical evidence.
Incumbents are unarmed civilian employees with no arrest powers.
This is responsible work in receiving, analyzing and assessing information of a criminal nature and disseminating information in the form of operational output. An employee in this class requests and receives raw police data and other information, and analyzes, collates and disseminates information with general supervision. Duties include collating information pertaining to criminal activity and preparing assessments of police data, and detecting patterns, structures, trends and movements of the criminal. This is highly responsible work of more than average difficulty in performing technical duties within the Police Department. An employee in this class is responsible for work in the law enforcement agency in such assigned areas as evidence, fingerprinting, case assessment and tracking, or other technical functions as required.