Will “Gang Investigator” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Obtain summary of incident from officer in charge at crime scene, taking care to avoid disturbing evidence.

• Analyze completed police reports to determine what additional information and investigative work is needed.

• Provide information to lab personnel concerning the source of an item of evidence and tests to be performed.

• Question individuals or observe persons and establishments to confirm information given to patrol officers.

• Secure persons at scene, keeping witnesses from conversing or leaving the scene before investigators arrive.

• Prepare charges or responses to charges, or information for court cases, according to formalized procedures.

• Preserve, process, and analyze items of evidence obtained from crime scenes and suspects, placing them in proper containers and destroying evidence no longer needed.

• Record progress of investigation, maintain informational files on suspects, and submit reports to commanding officer or magistrate to authorize warrants.

• Identify case issues and evidence needed, based on analysis of charges, complaints, or allegations of law violations.

• Obtain facts or statements from complainants, witnesses, and accused persons and record interviews, using recording device.

• Block or rope off scene and check perimeter to ensure that entire scene is secured.

• Testify before grand juries concerning criminal activity investigations.

• Determine scope, timing, and direction of investigations.

• Secure deceased body and obtain evidence from it, preventing bystanders from tampering with it prior to medical examiner's arrival.

• Examine records to locate links in chains of evidence or information.

• Participate or assist in raids and arrests.

• Check victims for signs of life, such as breathing and pulse.

• Maintain surveillance of establishments to obtain identifying information on suspects.

• Notify, or request notification of, medical examiner or district attorney representative.

• Notify command of situation and request assistance.

• Obtain and verify evidence by interviewing and observing suspects and witnesses or by analyzing records.

• Collaborate with other offices and agencies to exchange information and coordinate activities.

• Perform undercover assignments and maintain surveillance, including monitoring authorized wiretaps.

• Prepare reports that detail investigation findings.

• Organize scene search, assigning specific tasks and areas of search to individual officers and obtaining adequate lighting as necessary.

• Summon medical help for injured individuals and alert medical personnel to take statements from them.

• Search for and collect evidence, such as fingerprints, using investigative equipment.

• Note, mark, and photograph location of objects found, such as footprints, tire tracks, bullets and bloodstains, and take measurements of the scene.

• Prepare and serve search and arrest warrants.

• Examine records and governmental agency files to find identifying data about suspects.