Internal Investigator 2
Company: NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People wi
Location: Binghamton
Posted on: January 17, 2023
|
|
Job Description:
Minimum Qualifications:
Twelve (12) years of law enforcement investigative experience.
AND
Current NYS basic course for police officer certification and New
York State residency at the time of appointment.
AND
Possession of a valid NYS Driver's License
Substitutions:
An associate's degree may be substituted for two years of law
enforcement investigative experience;
OR
A bachelor's degree may be substituted for four years of law
enforcement experience
*Law enforcement investigative experience must include independent
investigative experience interviewing and interrogating witnesses
and suspects in criminal investigations; collecting and analyzing
data and evidence; writing, summarizing, and documenting case
narratives, reports and interviews; and offering testimony at
criminal proceedings, grand jury suppression hearings, and criminal
trials specific to the roles and responsibilities of a criminal
investigator in a police department or sheriff's office.
Additionally, qualifying law enforcement experience must include
managing multiple criminal investigations as a detective and being
responsible for completing all aspects of full investigations to
include conducting photo identification procedures, conducting
field operations such as search warrants and arrests, and
coordinating with other law enforcement agencies.
Non-qualifying experience includes:
Routine police patrol work, traffic enforcement, building
surveillance, tax collection, collection of delinquent accounts,
skip tracing, credit checking, auditing, employment interviewing,
hotel or store detective, correction officer, guard, inspector or
security related positions, or any other position which does not
involve the level of law enforcement investigative experience
described above. Positions that do not have the law enforcement
experience described above WILL NOT be considered qualifying
experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications, the preferred
candidate would also possess experience in the direct provision of
services which may include the care, review, investigation,
assessment, treatment, or case planning for person(s) in facilities
or programs covered by the Protection of People with Special Needs
Act of 2012, which includes facilities or providers providing care
to vulnerable persons within the State Oversight Agencies (SOA).
The SOA agencies include the NYS Office of Mental Health, NYS
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, NYS Office of
Addiction Services and Supports, NYS Office of Children and Family
Services, NYS Department of Health, and NYS Education
Department.
Duties:
The Internal Investigator 2 will be responsible for the following
duties:
Perform pre-adjudication investigations and assist other
investigators. Trace, interview, and subpoena witnesses, victims,
and suspects in civil cases; obtain statements, documents and
related evidence for use in court.
Conduct investigations of a wide variety of civil complaints,
including such areas as: allegations of abuse and/or neglect,
financial and death investigations.
Examine court, public and governmental records needed for
investigation; in the preparation of evidence for trial by taking
photographs, preparing diagrams, charts, etc.
Assist in the investigation of criminal offenses.
Prepare narrative reports to effectively communicate the results of
investigations to appropriate parties.
Coordinate the appearance of witnesses at adjudication proceedings
and explain procedures to them.
Testify in adjudication proceedings concerning evidence gathered in
investigations.
Serve as a liaison and coordinate investigative activities with
investigators and law enforcement officers from various
agencies.
Serve civil process documents; make recommendations regarding case
disposition.
Operate computers, photographic and recording equipment, and other
related investigative equipment and resources.
Respond to incident scenes to collect evidence and interviews
witnesses, victims or suspects.
Serve as lead investigator on complex and/or critical
investigations.
Perform field training and evaluation of probationary
investigators.
Additional Information:
The New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with
Special Needs (Justice Center) is charged with protecting over one
million New Yorkers under the care or jurisdiction of six state
agencies. The following list outlines several of the Justice
Center's key responsibilities:
Advocate on behalf of individuals with disabilities and provide
oversight of quality of care.
Operate a centralized, statewide 24-hour hotline and incident
reporting system staffed by trained personnel.
Operate a statewide register that contains the names of individuals
found responsible for egregious or repeated acts of abuse or
neglect.
Centralize and perform functions relating to criminal history
background checks.
Investigate serious allegations of abuse and neglect.
Prosecute criminal acts of abuse and neglect.
Analyze abuse patterns and trends in order to prevent future
occurrences.
NOTE: You are advised that should you accept a job offer with this
agency, you may be required to be fingerprinted and pay for the
cost of the fingerprinting fee.
Keywords: NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People wi, Binghamton , Internal Investigator 2, Other , Binghamton, New York
Click
here to apply!
|