Evidence Custodian

Village of Gurnee

Contact Information

Address:

Website:

• www.gurnee.il.us

Email:

• chrisn@village.gurnee.il.us

Application Deadline:

• 06/13/19
• @ 3:00 PM

Salary:

• $24+/hour, depending on qualifications/experience

  Full benefits package including:

  • Health
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life insurance
  • Pension (IMRF)
  • Deferred compensation
  • Paid time off

Position Details

Evidence Custodian

Village of Gurnee, IL Police Department

The Village of Gurnee Police Department seeks candidates for the position of Evidence Custodian due to the upcoming retirement of the incumbent in this position.  This is a non-sworn, civilian, full time position and work is generally performed between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday.  Occasional overtime outside of regular business hours may be required.

This position establishes and maintains procedures for controlling, recording, processing and storing of property and evidence taken into custody, ensures chain of custody requirements are met, and disposes of evidence in accordance with regulations.

Other duties and responsibilities range from transporting documents and evidence to the Crime Lab; property management duties; department camera maintenance; offering testimony in court cases concerning evidence; auctioning of surplus property; assisting at crime and accident scenes with gathering evidence, photographing / videoing scenes, and logging evidence; processing subpoena requests and other related duties.

At a minimum, qualified candidates will have 3+ years law enforcement experience performing comparable duties as a member of a law enforcement agency.  Current LEADS certification or ability to obtain within 60 days of hire; a valid driver’s license and safe driving history.

Other qualifications include community relations experience; knowledge and experience in all aspects of records management in a law enforcement setting; knowledge and experience working with chain of custody requirements; basic to intermediate proficiency with current technology and related programs / applications for word processing, spreadsheets, databases, electronic mail, internet, property management system (BEAST) and other law enforcement applications.

Interested candidates are required to complete an employment application, which can be downloaded from:

www.gurnee.il.us/jobs

Application Deadline:

3:00 p.m., Thursday June 13, 2019

Return completed applications in person or by mail to:

Village of Gurnee

325 N. O’Plaine Road

Gurnee, IL 60031

OR

Email:

chrisn@village.gurnee.il.us

with Subject:  Evidence Custodian

Any offer of employment is contingent on passing a post-offer background and drug screen.

EOE

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