Job Posting Title

Fugitive Apprehension Agent

Agency

131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supervisory Organization

DOC Ofc of Inspector General

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

September 30, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Level I: $46,664.84
Level II: $51,007.84
Level III: $56,106.96

Job Description

Basic Purpose:

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities concerning violations of policy by staff, specifically between staff and inmates. 

 

Typical Functions:

·         Assists federal, state, county, and city law enforcement agencies with criminal investigations of law violations occurring on Department of Correction’s property or those involving department employees, inmates or community supervised offenders.

·         Conducts criminal investigations of crimes occurring within a correctional facility, including murder, rape, illegal use of drugs, robbery, theft, arson, and fraud.

·         Investigates accidents resulting in death or serious injury. Interviews witnesses, suspects, victims, and others.

·         Secures crime scenes to insure preservation of evidence or clues. 

·         Marks and tags evidence to maintain chain of custody; prepares appropriate investigative reports; appears and testifies in court.

·         Conducts preliminary investigations into individual(s) and groups that are involved in threat matters to determine if full criminal investigations are warranted.

·         Responds to requests for information and assistants from outside law enforcement agencies and others.

·         Plans and implements executive protection assignments when investigation reveals legitimate threats made against the Director and/or members of Executive Staff; assignments include but are not limited to: intelligence gathering, static and mobile surveillance, shadow and bodyguard details.

·         Provides security for visiting dignitaries.

 

Level Descriptor:

 

Level I

This is the basic level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibilities for performing a full range of investigations concerning inmate escapes, various crimes, and administrative investigations of policy violations by staff in an assigned institution, facility, or area.

 

Level II

This is the career level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibilities for a full range of investigations and inspections related to solving crimes committed in a correctional facility, the apprehension of escapees, and violations of agency policies.  Responsibilities may include providing training and assistance to new agents in the completion of various requirements.  Employees at this level perform work on high profile cases of wide scope and that are complex in nature.  Polygraph examinations are also conducted by employees assigned to this level within the Department of Corrections.

 

Level III

This is the specialist level where employees serve as a subject matter expert in a specific area of investigations such as crime scene investigations, polygraph, cellular telephone forensics or computer forensics; responsible for more complex and difficult investigations and assignments.

 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:

 

Level I

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of the principles and techniques of investigation; of federal and state laws pertaining to search and seizures; of laws, rules and regulations pertaining to correctional operating units; of the methods and techniques of interviewing for the purpose of developing written reports and background information; of the methods and objectives of discipline required for persons under restraint; of the use and care of firearms; and of the use of deadly force and firearms safety practices. Ability is required to organize and present facts clearly and