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Leon County Government · 17 hours ago

Police Records Technician

Boynton Beach, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

Leon County Government is seeking a Police Records Technician to perform receptionist, clerical, and data-entry work for the Police Department. The role involves managing police records, assisting the public, and ensuring accurate data entry in compliance with legal standards.

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Responsibilities

Serves as receptionist at front desk of Police Department; answers telephones and forwards calls to appropriate division or staff person; greets and assists the general public

Reviews look-out teletypes from other public safety agencies and forwards to shift commanders; sends teletype to other agencies for wanted persons arrested locally

Performs information searches and queries on the National Crime Information Center/Florida Crime Information Center, NCIC/FCIC, computer system for active warrants, prisoners, missing persons, stolen property, driver's license history checks, property titles and other information; enters same data in system and confirms acknowledgments of arrests by other agencies

Assists in performing quality control checks of daily computer entries in local computer system and NCIC/FCIC computer system; checks, validates and/or corrects entries; reviews and edits police reports for errors, accuracy and completeness

Prepares log sheets of police citations, maintains hard copies of parking citations; batches tickets for submittal to Clerk of Court, submits log sheets, citations and witness lists to Clerk of Court; updates files on paid and voided tickets; forwards unpaid tickets to Clerk's Office for vehicle tag liens, transmits citation data to the state; posts court disposition information on citations and in files

Runs criminal history and warrants checks in NCIC/FCIC and other available RMS systems

Maintains case and court information on felony cases; forwards information to State Attorney's Office

Monitors surveillance cameras for holding cell security

Makes calls to other officers, detectives, special assignment units, and others for police assistance to include Special Weapons And Tactics, (SWAT), Information Technology (IT), Traffic Homicide Investigator (THI) and Hostage Negotiations Team (HNT) call outs

Operates a variety of office equipment including telephone, typewriter, cash register, computer, teletype machine, printer, facsimile, document scanner, calculator, paper shredder, and dispatch radio

Delivers police documents and records to other local agencies, county courthouse, and to state agencies

Assists in the maintenance and security of police documents in accordance with Florida Schedule Retention Laws, Florida Department of Law Enforcement/Federal Bureau of Investigations (FDLE/FBI) user agreements and Florida Sunshine Laws-Florida State Statute 119

Reviews and redacts when necessary all police related documents in accordance with Public Records Laws

Reviews and codes all reports for FDLE/FBI crime reporting data for Florida Incident-Based Reporting System (FIBRS) and National Incident-Based Report System (NIBRS)

Reviews shift transmittals for errors, completeness and accuracy, maintains logs, as well as scan/attach all documents created into the Records Management System

Coordinates with FDLE and County Court for Seal and Expungement of Records

Coordinates background checks for Agency employment, both internal and external agencies

Coordinates Public Records Requests with City Clerk and City Departments

Collects payment for Records Requests, Parking violations and Curbstoning violations

May participate in Emergency Mobilization during a State of Emergency

Assists with preparation of case information for local hearings

Performs other related duties as required

Qualification

NCIC/FCIC certificationClerical experienceData entry skillsPublic Records LawMicrosoft Office proficiencyCustomer service skillsMultitaskOffice equipment operationAttention to detailEffective communication

Required

High school diploma or equivalent

One (1) year previous experience that includes related clerical, administrative support and customer service work

Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver's license

Must possess and maintain certification as a NCIC/FCIC terminal operator by the State of Florida or have the ability to obtain within one year (1) in the position and maintain the certification thereafter

Must be able to accommodate a varying work schedule which may include working on nights/overnights, weekends, holidays or during declared emergency events