The fundamental reason this classification exists is to provide technical support to Police Officers, Latent Print Examiners, and Criminalists in photographing, collecting, preserving, and presenting physical evidence.
Work is performed in the field, including crime scenes and autopsies, and in the laboratory.
Types of crime scenes include person crimes, such as homicides, sexual assaults, and robberies, as well as property crimes and traffic accidents. Evidence includes fingerprints, tire prints, shoe prints, and tool mark impressions. Incumbents also photograph and record crime scenes showing correlation between evidence and scene, and perform various chemical and photographic processes in the laboratory to develop and preserve evidence. This classification differs from Latent Print Examiner I in that no technical comparative analysis is performed. Work is reviewed and evaluated by Latent Print Examiners based on results obtained, observation, and oral and written reports.