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Also called community service officer, identification officer, police officer and accident examiner.

$93,790
Median pay a year
114,430
People do this work
6
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Police Identification and Records Officer

Summary

Police Identification and Records Officer collecting evidence at crime scenes, classifying fingerprints, and photographing evidence for criminal and civil cases. Responsible for maintaining records, analyzing evidence, and creating sketches to support legal proceedings

Experience

Police Identification and Records Officer

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year
  • Photographed crime or accident scenes for evidence records
  • Maintained records of evidence and wrote and reviewed reports
  • Submitted evidence to supervisors, crime labs, or court officials for legal proceedings
  • Analyzed and processed evidence at crime scenes, during autopsies, or in the laboratory, wearing protective equipment and using powders and chemicals
  • Created sketches and diagrams, by hand or computer software, to depict crime scenes
  • Identified, compared, classified, and filed fingerprints, using systems such as Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) or the Henry Classification System

Skills

Processing legal evidence, Examining crime scenes, Analyzing crime scene evidence, Using databases, Interviewing people, Drawing technical illustrations, Recording suspect information, Recording crime scene evidence, Documenting legal information, Writing operational reports

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  • Photographed crime scenes to create detailed evidence records for investigations
  • Submitted evidence to supervisors and court officials to support legal proceedings

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Photographed several crime scenes each week to create detailed evidence records for investigations

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Several scenes each weekA few scenes every monthMost major incidents in the area

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Submitted evidence to supervisors and court officials to support legal proceedings

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Helped cases move forward fasterIncreased accuracy in legal processesEnsured timely court appearances

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  • Processing legal evidence
  • Examining crime scenes
  • Analyzing crime scene evidence
  • Using databases
  • Interviewing people
  • Drawing technical illustrations
  • Recording suspect information
  • Recording crime scene evidence
  • Documenting legal information
  • Writing operational reports
  • Testifying at legal proceedings
  • Directing employee training

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What a Police Identification and Records Officer does

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Collect evidence at crime scene, classify and identify fingerprints, and photograph evidence for use in criminal and civil cases.

What it pays

How much does a Police Identification and Records Officer make?

Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.

25th percentile$69,330
Median$93,790
75th percentile$120,520

About 114,430 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state
State25th percentileMedian75th percentile
AK$92,110$114,940$168,790
AL$49,860$66,290$92,610
AR$46,300$54,500$66,820
AZ$77,730$102,340$111,360
CA$99,270$124,840$136,020
CO$86,290$105,480$115,130
CT$88,390$95,240$103,800
DC$114,230$160,760$170,810
DE$71,670$122,050$149,990
FL$60,790$77,060$120,180
GA$55,310$65,430$79,220
HI$106,870$113,940$140,750
IA$67,370$79,560$90,380
ID$60,100$72,520$100,420
IL$69,590$91,190$114,640
IN$56,320$70,340$82,740
KS$57,530$75,740$91,560
KY$61,330$71,670$96,120
LA$46,320$60,450$78,700
MA$92,020$110,150$146,230
MD$93,230$126,730$166,230
ME$75,210$88,310$109,300
MI$80,140$90,650$120,560
MN$69,580$80,000$100,090
MO$56,870$75,650$93,910
MS$49,270$58,640$78,230
MT$71,160$92,410$109,300
NC$57,040$63,280$80,330
ND$62,200$82,290$106,330
NE$79,510$100,530$123,930
NH$80,770$89,290$105,870
NJ$91,360$116,300$134,000
NM$59,160$86,840$109,300
NV$77,360$94,470$129,220
NY$77,470$101,240$124,860
OH$64,480$79,300$105,690
OK$60,300$80,430$102,250
OR$94,700$107,450$127,860
PA$79,190$97,580$116,960
PR$44,800$70,760$115,210
RI$77,760$88,450$99,100
SC$55,490$62,760$77,200
SD$63,110$77,730$110,880
TN$60,730$77,090$107,810
TX$64,660$90,510$109,300
UT$61,240$78,920$115,210
VA$79,770$112,760$160,760
VT$84,430$106,330$111,530
WA$96,540$115,790$126,170
WI$78,700$91,040$97,120
WV$56,770$92,410$149,280
WY$71,930$81,880$104,080

Other names

Other names for this job

community service officer, identification officer, police officer, accident examiner, accident investigator, accident reconstructionist, computer forensic examiner, computer forensic specialist, corrections identification technician, crime lab analyst, crime laboratory analyst, crime scene evidence technician.

More names for this work

crime scene examiner, crime scene investigator, CSI, crime scene specialist, crime scene technician, crime victim specialist, criminal identification coordination specialist, criminal records technician, criminal specialist, criminalist, cyber forensic specialist, evidence custodian, evidence specialist, evidence tech, evidence technician, field evidence technician, field identification specialist, fingerprint classifier, forensic identification specialist, forensic science examiner, forensic science tech, forensic science technician, forensic scientist, forensic sergeant, forensic specialist, forensic tech, forensic technician, identification tech, identification technician, investigative police specialist, investigator, latent fingerprint examiner, latent print examiner, parts identification tech, parts identification technician, police crime scene tech, police crime scene technician, police evidence specialist, police investigator, site identification specialist.

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Military jobs this work counts as

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  • OAP12 Marine Investigations

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