COMMISSION INVESTIGATOR - 78001774

Requisition No: 840687 

Agency: Commission on Offender Review

Working Title: COMMISSION INVESTIGATOR - 78001774

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 78001774 

Salary:  45,894.56 

Posting Closing Date: 11/14/2024 

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Commission Investigator - CS

 FLORIDA COMMISSION ON OFFENDER REVIEW

*** OPEN COMPETITIVE ***

 

The Florida Commission on Offender Review, formerly known as the Florida Parole Commission, is looking to fill a Commission Investigator – CS. The Commission on Offender Review performs a vital role in Florida’s criminal justice system by preserving the autonomy needed in post-release decisions affecting inmates and ex-offenders. The commission functions as a quasi-judicial, decision-making body. Commissioners preside over weekly meetings at the central office in Tallahassee and various other state locations as required by statute. During these public proceedings, the commissioners make a variety of determinations regarding parole and other releases.

 

BENEFITS:

• State Group Health Insurance Coverage through CHP and Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
• Various plans for dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options available.
• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Ten paid holidays each year.
• One Personal Holiday each a year.
• $25,000 Life Insurance Policy (paid 100% by employer).
• Retirement plans that include employer contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers to attend State of Florida colleges and universities for up to six credit hours per semester.
• Seven paid weeks of Maternity Leave, plus two paid weeks of Care and Bonding Leave.

 

DESCRIPTION:

This is professional work conducting violation of supervision hearings, inmate interviews, and clemency investigations to provide the Florida Commission on Offender Review, and in the case of clemency investigations, the Executive Board of Clemency, with information pertinent to cases under consideration.

 

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

• Conducts probable cause (parole only) and final violation hearings for alleged parole, conditional release, addiction recovery, conditional medical release, and control release violators. Provides alleged violators with an initial interview to advise them of the charges and their due process rights and assess the need for appointed legal counsel for the alleged violator.  If a hearing is requested, schedules the hearing, obtains witness information, issues subpoenas to secure the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, etc.
• Conducts violation hearings and makes written recommendations to the Florida Commission on Offender Review.  Checks inmate population of Florida county jails within the region to determine the presence of alleged parole, conditional release, addiction recovery, conditional medical release and control release violators who have not been previously reported to the Florida Commission on Offender Review as being detained.  Conducts probable cause hearings for other states pursuant to the Interstate Compact Agreements.
• Conducts comprehensive confidential clemency investigations for the Board of Executive Clemency for applicants seeking various types of clemency (example:  firearm authority, pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fines and forfeitures, and restoration of civil rights).  These investigations, which are reviewed by the Florida Commission on Offender Review prior to submission to the Board of Exec