**Summary/Class Characteristics**:
**_Evidence Technician_**

**SALARY AND BENEFITS PACKAGE**
- ** SALARY RANGE** **_(+3% COLA in July 2024 & +3% COLA in July 2025)_**:

- $65,873.60 - $80,059.20 annually
- ** FOR YOUR HEALTH AND WELL BEING**:

- MEDICAL INSURANCE: Choice of a variety of CalPERS Health Plans. City pays ~95% of the Bay Area Kaiser premium for employee & eligible dependents; or alternative option to receive Medical Cash Back (if you have medical coverage elsewhere). Please see the 2024 Health Plan Contribution Memo.
- DENTAL & VISION INSURANCE: Coverage for employees & eligible family members, paid for by the City.
- LIFE INSURANCE: Competitive life insurance & Long-Term Disability benefits. Option to purchase additional life insurance.
- EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: Support and benefits, for you & eligible family members, paid for by the City.
- ** FOR YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE**:

- CALPERS RETIREMENT PACKAGE
- 2% at 60 for Classic CalPERS members
- 2% at 62 for PEPRA CalPERS members
- DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN: voluntary participation in your choice of three plan offerings.
- ** FOR YOUR WORK / LIFE BALANCE (annual amounts)**:

- Vacation: 80 Hours, increasing with years of service
- Sick Leave: 96 hours
- Holidays: 12 fixed days
- Personal Leave: 8 hours
- **_ Other Exceptional Benefits:_**
- _ Paid Parental Leave - up to 8 weeks of paid time for qualifying family bonding_
- _ Unlimited Free Bus Rides on Petaluma Transit_
- _ Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Employer_

For more information regarding the benefits and other information associated with this position, please visit our website and look at the Unit 6 Memorandum of Understanding.

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**About The Police Department**
Petaluma Police Department is dedicated to providing the best law enforcement services to the community and it prides itself on community involved programs. Petaluma has a population of approximately 59,000 and encompasses nearly 13 square miles situated 40 miles north of San Francisco Bay Area on U.S. 101, and 30 miles east of the Pacific Ocean. The Police Department staffing includes 84.5 full time employees, including one Chief, one Deputy Chief, four Lieutenants, one Technical Services Manager, ten Sergeants, fifty Officers, and other support staff. In addition, the department has K-9 Officers, Traffic Unit, Motorcycle Patrol, SWAT Team, Investigations Unit, and Reserve Community Service Officer Program (Volunteer). The Petaluma Police Department is proactive in Community Oriented Policing Philosophy.
**Important Note: This position may require working more than 10 hours in a day and more than 40 hours in a week with little or no notice, and includes on call responsibilities.**

**Summary**
- Identify, collect, and preserve evidence at a variety of crime scenes including burglaries, assaults, officer involved shootings, homicides, and death scenes; process collected evidence for possible trace or latent print evidence; and perform analysis of latent print evidence for identification.

**Class Characteristics**
- General supervision is provided by a Police Sergeant or designee; responsibilities may include the direct or indirect supervision of support staff.

This is a specialized police civilian classification requiring technical and specialized knowledge in the identification, collection, and preservation of various items of evidence located at various crime scenes.

**Duties**:

- Respond to, photograph, and process crime scenes for evidence such as latent prints, DNA evidence such as blood, semen, and/or hair, and other trace evidence; collect evidence from victims or suspects including fingernail clippings, gunshot residue, clothing, and elimination fingerprints.

Respond to autopsies to photograph and collect necessary evidence which may include fingernail scrapings, and/or clippings, hair samples, buccal swaps, and clothing.

Fingerprint victims and suspects as necessary for fingerprint comparisons; analyze and process collected latent print evidence for comparison and identification following established procedures.

Prepare reports as necessary detailing crime scene processing, evidence processing, and/or latent print examination findings; input collected evidence into the evidence tracking database; process and book collected evidence; prepare crime scene sketche