Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Integrated Ballistic Network Investigator (DPS #10114497)
Job details
- Location
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Work type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $56,930 - $85,405/yr
- Posted
- 2 weeks ago
- Apply on
- careers.share.nm.gov
About this role
Salary
$27.37 - $41.06 Hourly
$56,931 - $85,396 Annually
This position is a Pay Band C7
Posting Details
Why does the job exist?
How does it get done?
- Uses databases and other sources to identify and locate people involved with criminal activity, finding connections, and developing leads.
- Assists law enforcement agencies around the state to participate in investigations and operations, including, but not limited to, identifying evidence, handling evidence, scene investigation, conduction of interviews, acquisition of ballistic evidence, organizing leads, and providing feedback to law enforcement officers.
- Creates documents for wanted suspects, crime trends, officer safety, and investigative findings. Develops presentations to explain work findings and educates others about the role and duties of the investigator.
- Identifies and locates people involved with criminal activity. Finds connections, develops leads and intelligence in criminal investigations based on database searches, internet research, information provided by various agencies, and review of case files. Conducts threat assessments of individuals and events.
- Responds to a firearm-related crime scene, triages cartridge cases from scenes and from seized firearms, acquires specialized images of those casings and enters them into the ATF NIBIN system.
- Creates, prepares, and determines relevancy of various law enforcement intelligence documents pertaining to wanted suspects, crime trends, and officer safety for dissemination.
- Provides testimony in administrative, civil, criminal, or other proceedings concerning methodology for drawing conclusions and investigative findings. Investigators must be comfortable presenting to groups of people with varying levels of education and experience in law enforcement.
- Educates and mentors less experienced investigators on methods of investigation through training. More experienced investigators teach less experienced investigators how to sift through gapped, conflicting, and redundant information to identify suspects, develop intelligence, and provide leads in investigations.
- Attends trainings and specialized classes to become educated on the chain of custody, crime scene investigation, and evidence handling procedures, as well as to triage evidence and run specialized equipment related to the NIBIN program.
- Maintains confidentiality of law enforcement sensitive documents and confidential sources and adheres to policy and procedures set forth by local, state, and federal governing agencies. Assists prosecutors in determining charges in criminal court proceedings and provides expert testimony in criminal or other proceedings concerning investigative and analytical findings.
- Prepares detailed reports and oral briefings, which include charts, graphs, and spreadsheets to reflect information gathered through interviews, evidence collection, analyses of public documents, and research relating to organizational entities and/or individuals being investigated.
- Employs various sophisticated research methods to compile evidence of criminal acts and provide comprehensive facts and details on criminal suspects/subjects which aid/result in their identification, location, and apprehension.
Who are the customers?
All this work is for the victims of crimes where a firearm was involved.
Ideal Candidate
- NIBIN acquisitions, research and development methods, including but not limited to database searches, Internet research, gathering information from various agencies, and reviewing case files, reports, to identify and locate people involved with criminal activity.
- Be comfortable with computers and deadlines which need to be met.
- Be able to prioritize and change as priorities change.
- Work well with others.
- Communicate well in writing and verbal communications.
- Must be able to work long hours and overtime as needs arise.
Minimum Qualification
Employment Requirements
In addition, the selected candidate must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and obtain a Defensive Driving Certificate from the State of New Mexico.
This position is designated as safety-sensitive and is subject to applicable drug and alcohol testing requirements. A pre-employment drug and alcohol test is required as a condition of employment. Employees occupying safety-sensitive positions are also subject to random drug and alcohol testing throughout their employment, in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and Department policy.
Working Conditions
Exposure to confidential and disturbing information, extensive computer usage, and high-volume caseloads which change often. The incumbent must have the ability to complete assignments with a high level of accuracy within strict time constraints. Incumbents must be comfortable with a high stress environment and will be required to work in close proximity with commissioned law enforcement officers who carry weapons. Occasional statewide and out-of-state travel is required. Some of the trips will be for training, and others for the needs of the department, and for conducting presentations, and conducting training.
Periodic exposure to machinery, biohazards, chemicals, loud noises including but not limited to test fire of firearms, violent death scenes, pictures and videos. Must be able to travel long distances, be on call, work evenings, weekends, and holidays. Be able to work in office and at remote locations with limited security. Must be able to lift 25 pounds, and be able to fire multiple calibers of handguns, rifles, and shotguns.
Supplemental Information
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Agency Contact Information: Lt. Nathan Searle (505) 503-5794 Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
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