Description

The Evidence Specialist is responsible for the proper intake, handling, preservation, storage and disposition of all evidence held by the Sheriff’s department. Ensuring proper chain of custody and maintaining the evidence and property room’s integrity and security. 

• Verifies packaging or packages of incoming items, including hazardous and bio-hazardous items. Ensures accurate chain of custody and that accurate and current documentation exists in the records management system: provides care, custody and control of items to ensure its integrity from receipt to final disposition.
• Collect evidence from all evidence submission locations on and off-site. Transports evidence in a secure manner from collection points throughout the county to the evidence unit and to offsite testing facilities, such as FDLE. As well as, transport to facilities for destruction.
• Accept all evidence submissions into the property room, assigning a property record number and proper storage location.
• Scan all submission documents to maintain computer records.
• Provides internal and external customer service by means of in person contact, telephone or email.  Answers questions and resolves issues with sworn staff, state liaison’s, attorneys, other agencies and the public in a confidential manner.
• Pull and submit evidence to the lab for processing.
• Determines the disposition of each case and enters such in the computer database in accordance with agency policy and state statutes.

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Requirements

• High school diploma or its equivalent required.
• Two (2) years of relevant work experience required.
• Valid Florida Driver’s License and acceptable driving record.