Job Posting Title

Physical Evidence Technician

Agency

308 STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Supervisory Organization

State Bureau of Investigation

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

August 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

$40,000.00

Job Description

This position is located in the Physical Evidence Unit within Criminalistics Services Division in Tahlequah, OK.

Basic Purpose

Positions within this job family are responsible for the receipt, documentation, storage, integrity, management, routing and disposition of all types of physical evidence from criminal investigations submitted to a forensic laboratory for scientific analysis.

Major Work Duties

• Receives physical evidence; logs information into computerized laboratory information management system (LIMS); routes evidence to appropriate unit; prepares evidence for return to submitting agencies once analysis is completed. Transfer evidence to other evidence facilities, when needed.

• Maintains chain of custody of evidence while items are in individual’s possession; maintains orderliness of work areas and evidence property rooms.

• Receives and logs subpoenas for Criminalistics employees; receives and properly routs telephone calls from attorneys and law enforcement agencies; performs clerical tasks such as faxing/mailing laboratory reports, when necessary.

• Performs administrative tasks associated with Northeast Regional Lab (NERL) including answering incoming calls to NERL, receives and routes visitors, maintaining visitor logs.

• Receives controlled substances/contraband for authorized destruction.

Typical Functions

• Receive criminal case physical evidence examining it for proper seal, packaging, and labeling and checking for completeness of forms; logs evidence into the forensic laboratory computerized case management system using necessary data input codes and other information; routes evidence to proper laboratory units; logs evidence in and out of the property rooms, maintaining the accountability of the evidence from initial receipt to final disposition with complete written and electronic documentation; prepares receipts and pulls evidence to be released to submitting agencies.

• Maintains custody of criminal evidence in an orderly, safe and secure manner, meeting laboratory policy and safety guidelines.

• Retrieves, documents and sorts evidence for destruction.

• Testifies in court as required regarding chain of custody of evidence.

• Compiles and types criminalistic analytical reports from analyst's notes, drafts and submittal forms.

• Processes and logs subpoenas for the analysts; identifies the laboratory case number and names of all analysts on a case; notifies law enforcement agencies by letter or phone when conflicts occur.

• Performs routine clerical work such as mail activities, typing letters and memos, photocopying, faxing, filing; maintain required paperwork and assist in special projects as assigned.

• Serves as receptionist or relief as required; answers phones, takes messages; receives and routes visitors and law enforcement officers.

• Prepares contraband for legal destruction.

• Receives, routes and secures for destruction surrendered out-of-date pharmaceuticals from health care facilities and pharmacies; verifies inventory counts for accuracy, completes and returns the inventory forms; maintains required logs and related documentation.

• Operates, maintains and cleans incinerators used for drug destruction.

• Transports evidence between OSBI laboratories; returns evidence by personal delivery to submitting law enforcement agencies.

Level Descriptor

This is the basic level where incumbents perform routine clerical and semi-technical work, in a training status, involving the receipt, routing, storage and disposition of physical evidence, preparation of laboratory reports, and maintenance of laboratory files.