The following duties are considered essential for this job classification. In addition to the duties listed in the Essential Duties section, each employee in this classification may perform the following duties. The work schedule requires shift work including weekends, days, evenings, graveyards, and holidays. Additionally, incumbents are required to work in an on-call status periodically throughout the year. Police Field and Evidence Technicians may stand for expended periods of time such as when directing traffic or investigating crime scenes.
Employees use calibrated instruments when processing crime scenes.
Gathering evidence requires the incumbent to bend or stoop repeatedly a similar movement is required to get in and out of a car. Coordinated movement of more than one limb simultaneously is required, such as when using a hand radio while driving, using a flashlight while driving, or when directing traffic. A Police Field and Evidence Technician typically spends 7 - 8 hours per day driving or sitting in a vehicle, which requires the continuous support of lower back muscles. Incumbents may be required to climb ladders, rocks and or walls and search rooftops, which requires lifting arms above shoulders and working at heights greater than ten feet. Technicians may be called upon to search for lost or missing persons or process crime scenes that require walking over rough, uneven, slippery or rocky surfaces such as fields, parks, hillsides, creek sides, or wading into bodies of water.