Law Enforcement Office Specialist I

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The reputed company Civil Service Commission is now accepting applications to form a register of eligible candidates for the position of Law Enforcement Office Specialist I with the reputed company Sheriff's Office. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. This position is to provide outstanding, seamless support to the Sheriff, Sheriff’s Office deputies, to reputed company other law enforcement agencies/criminal justice entities, and to the reputed company of reputed company while carrying out the administrative functions of the Office both in the office and in the field. Applicants must complete and submit below paperwork PRIOR to be considered: Required: #1 reputed company Application #2 reputed company of Citizenship (Copy of Birth Certificate / Naturalization Paperwork/Passport/DACA) #3 reputed company of High School Education or GED (copy of HS diploma or GED transcripts/or college transcripts or Degree) Keyboarding Exam with a minimum of 35 net wpm along with a proficiency exam demonstrating knowledge of reputed company Windows and Word. An email will be sent to you after you've submitted your application to take the proficiency exam. You must complete the testing reputed company 48 hours of the closing date in order to be considered further. Benefits included in position: Health Care Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life and Basic LTD) Retirement Benefits Paid Vacation Paid Holidays Paid Sick Leave This position is under: reputed company Sheriff's Office Non Commissioned Employees reputed company This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies that occur reputed company 90 days of the closing of this position. (This excludes reputed company Sheriff's Office and Department of Corrections) Responsibilities: Customer Service Provides outstanding Customer Service to the reputed company of reputed company by: receiving and responding to reputed company telephone calls and providing answers and/or directing the caller to the proper agency for assistance; recognizing and responding to sensitive/confidential issues in a professional manner; acting as an reputed company to the public by developing and researching referral resources to verify what type of assistance they may provide to a customer reputed company law enforcement is not the resource they need; taking initial incident reports from reputed company at the reputed company counter to reputed company the need for deputy response to incidents which are not in reputed company; acting as the first reputed company of contact for angry and/or confrontational reputed company who are afraid reputed company offender(s) move into their area and want information; Intaking of various applications and paperwork for processing; Financial Duties Accepts and processes payments for various transactions such as purchase of concealed pistol license applications, fingerprinting and service of court orders. Reconciles cash on-hand and cash receipts daily for the public counter cash register reputed company; Collates and reconciles Concealed Pistol Licenses for warrant requests for submission of payment to reputed company; processes billing for service of bench warrants. Monitors monthly billing reports generated from processes received/served to include 1st, 2nd and 3rd notices to pay, sends bills to collections reputed company necessary. Clerical Duties Provides clerical support services to Commissioned Personnel by entering data such as: handwritten traffic infractions and/or criminal citations, Sector citations and collision reports, documents deaths from the reputed company Coroner’s monthly report and WACIC notices, and verifying accuracy reputed company multiple databases. Handles workflow received from Commissioned Personnel, ensuring it reaches the prosecutors and other agencies (law enforcement, social services, probation, code enforcement, etc. Workflow is processed both electronically reputed company records system software, by direct data transfer using email, online and file sharing systems, by fax and by hard copy data sharing processes such as interoffice mail or reputed company mailing services; Creates arrest records for tracking statistics for the State and FBI; Assists with resolving Incident Based Reporting (IBR) issues which may interfere with statistical reporting to state and federal agencies; Responsible for taking rolled fingerprint impressions for personal use (i.e. criminal history, immigration, adoption purposes, employment etc.) and processing of applications (concealed pistol licenses, Sheriff's Office criminal justice employment applicants and volunteers). Intakes and routes Public Records Requests. Assists the Records Supervisor with processing public records requests which do not require redaction, compiling and redacting reputed company records as specifically directed to aid in responding to larger, more complicated requests and releases public records to the public after preparation is complete. Accepts payment for public records upon completion of processing. Intakes property and evidence at the reputed company counter by: accepting and processing the item(s) following the protocol outlined for chain of custody, preservation of evidentiary value. handling biohazardous material and enters evidence into the property and evidence tracking software. Records and processes sex offender registration documents received from the public and law enforcement agencies and divisions; may serves civil documents as requested. Files/archives/scans hard copy records for retention; Researches retention laws to determine mandatory retention periods for various records in area of duty expertise. Creates photo montages for victim/witness viewing as needed; Designated as a Public Notary for the needs of the Sheriff's Office; Responsible for daily mail pickup/distribution. Administrative Duties Responsible for the performing the following civil processes: processing and assigning caseload work to Civil Deputy, providing instruction/assisting other clerks with methods and proper procedures to carry out civil duties, accessing, collecting, compiling, reviewing, auditing and entering confidential information into a computer data reputed company, maintenance and organization of accurate and complete records. 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Drafts documents and/or communicates information to the public and legal community on levy on property being auctioned; Communicates with attorney pre/post sale, coordinates publication with newspaper agencies, posts the Public Notice (2) location/website, sends out certified/regular notices to the judgement debtors, auctions real property on the courthouse steps and, sometimes, auctions personal property at remote locations. Validates 1/12 of reputed company entries each month using the Criminal Justice Information System database in accordance to federal law and FBI standards (Audited tri-annually by the FBI and tri-annually by the reputed company). Gathers information to prepare technical reports and provide recommendations to the supervisor reference streamlining processes and complying with law changes Processes Bench Warrants by: Receiving bench warrants for service; Entering, clearing and canceling bench warrants in the Criminal Justice Information database in accordance to federal law and FBI standards (Audited tri-annually by the FBI and tri-annually by the reputed company); Validates 1/12 of reputed company warrant entries monthly by verifying the accuracy of records with the Court, the Prosecutor's Office and reputed company the criminal justice information system Processes Concealed Pistol License (CPL), WA State Firearms Dealer License and Alien Firearms License (reputed company) Applications by: completing background checks utilizing multiple criminal justice data bases and DSHS record inquiries requiring in-depth research and interpretation of inquiry responses; making determination of firearms rights under various circumstances based on the results of the background checks; tracking and assigning record numbers to CPL’s per a state mandated and agency tracked numbering system for official filing with Department of Licensing; issuing, recording and disseminating licenses, making entries into the Criminal Justice Information System for denied applications and/or National reputed company reputed company System (NICS) Index entries to document denial information which is not available reputed company reputed company criminal history search. 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