Join the professional staff at SRPD and provide excellent service to the public as a Police Technician! The City of Santa Rosa is committed to building a workforce reflective of our community and establishing a lasting culture of equity and belonging within our organization. Our collective talents and expertise contribute to high-quality public services that support a vibrant, resilient, inclusive City for our community and visitors. We celebrate a diverse workforce and welcome all qualified candidates to apply. The Position Police Technician is an entry level position in the Records Bureau, part of the Technical Services Division. Police Technicians perform a wide variety of technical tasks and maintain records in accordance with the Public Records Act along with many other regulations and laws. Police Technicians work in an office setting mainly in the Police Department headquarters building and staff the front counter. The position is distinguished from Police Field and Evidence Technicians and Community Services Officers, who perform non-hazardous law enforcement work in the field. The Benefits of City Employment:In addition to offering a challenging, rewarding work environment and excellent salary, the City of Santa Rosa provides a generous suite of benefits, including including health, dental, vision and life insurance, a generous retirement program, a competitive leave accrual package and holiday leave bank. Detailed information about available benefits can be found in the Unit 14 MOU and in the online Benefits Guide. Additional benefits include: Bilingual (English/Spanish) pay is available. Opportunity for a 8-hr shift schedule five days/week or 10-hour shift schedule four days/weeks, with bidding done bi-annually $500 annually for wellness Unlimited free bus rides on CityBus and Sonoma County Transit The City is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying employee Essential Duties: Receive information from the public regarding crimes in person at a reception counter and over the telephone verbally diffuse difficult situations and resolve minor disputes initiate police reports as appropriate per established policy both in person and over the phone review and approve citizen crime reports provide information to the public regarding California and Municipal laws and Police Department and Justice system procedures answer non-emergency Police Department telephones collect, process, and account for appropriate fees for a variety of fee-based services operate a variety of computers and software train new personnel and document training progress facilitate Special Response Unit and Crisis Negotiations Unit activations enter and extract data for a variety of records using several systems and databases research a variety of data and prepare reports for internal and external requests route completed case reports and assemble case packets for the Court Liaison seal, expunge, and purge records process subpoenas open and disseminate Police Department mail fingerprint crime registrants and members of the public for licensing and employment review, inspect and approve department issued citations for vehicle violations; activate the CityWatch system upon internal request route press releases and field calls from the media Additional Duties: In addition to the duties listed in the Essential Duties Section, each employee in this classification may perform the following duties. Any single position may not be assigned all duties listed below, nor do the examples cover all duties which may be assigned. Perform Court Liaison duties as assigned perform Special Services Division duties as assigned perform Property and Evidence duties as assigned, including inventory, mark, maintain and control all evidence and property maintain accurate logs, records, current status, and location of property in custody transport, store, photograph, release or destroy property as directed process record sealings in
