$49.06-$59.65 Hourly / $8,504.00-$10,339.00 Monthly / $102,050.00-$124,072.00 Yearly
According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.
1. Manages an investigative caseload with cases stemming from a variety of welfare income maintenance programs (e.g. County Adult Assistance Program, CalWORKS, and Cal Fresh).
2. Gathers and analyzes existing welfare data, including income maintenance files and welfare databases for evidence of fraud.
3. Conducts confidential criminal history checks through both local and State databases.
4. Conducts computer searches through the use of the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems (CLETS), Department of Motor Vehicles, credit reporting systems, Income and Eligibility Verification Systems (IEVS), Electronic Board Transfer (EBT) and the Internet.
5. Interviews witnesses and suspects and analyzes resulting information with other evidence to make determinations of standards for reasonable suspicion and probable cause.
6. Collects, compiles, preserves and analyzes evidence and written data.
7. Maintains thorough and accurate case summary notes for each open investigation, documenting all actions taken, evidence collected, and interviews conducted.
8. Makes criminal arrests and detentions, assuring proper cause and using physical force when necessary, using an appropriate escalation of force options. Executes search warrants.
9. Provides supervisors with adequate demonstration of minimum standards for requested detentions, arrests and search warrant applications.
10. Writes investigative reports which demonstrate proper basis for criminal detentions, criminal arrests, and related charges.
11. Properly executes search warrants for the investigatory process.
12. Compiles and analyzes evidence form the Statewide Finger Imaging System (SFIS) in support of welfare disqualification and in support of criminal prosecution.
13. Uses vigorous safety precautions in handling and properly maintaining firearm(s).
14. Tests semi-annually for firearms or verification and maintains passing scores.
15. Assists in receiving and serving subpoenas on appropriate DHS personnel and provides accurate court scheduling to DHS employees to facilitate court appearances.
16. Prepares evidence for presentation in criminal courts and administrative hearings.
17. Operates motor vehicles in order to accomplish timely investigations, transport witnesses and suspects, deliver criminal evidence and court exhibits.
Knowledge of: Modern investigative techniques related to criminal, civil and administrative cases such as interviewing witnesses and suspects, conducting searches, collecting and handling evidence, arranging photo line-ups, analyzing handwriting samples, authenticating documents, and computer voice stress analysis; firearm safety; escalating levels of force and arrest techniques; and basic computer word processing.
Skill in: Managing a large caseload, completing various tasks in different cases simultaneously and meeting varied timelines; interviewing witnesses and suspects in both formal and informal settings in order to facilitate the fact finding process.
Ability to: Develop a broad working knowledge of Federal, State and local laws pertaining to welfare fraud and embezzlement; skillfully collect, preserve, and analyze evidence; evaluate “probable cause” and to make proper and legal arrests; evaluate for “reasonable suspicion: and to make proper detentions; test and maintain firearms qualification as required by law; make physical detentions and arrests, using the most minimal physical force necessary to affect the arrest; learn specialized computer data systems, including those containing confidential information; conduct computerized criminal history checks and to conduct informational computer searches; prepare accurate, precise and compelling written documents investigative summaries and reports; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with the Department of Human Services employees, law enforcement personnel, members of the criminal justice systems, Department of Human Services clientele and members of the public; prepare physical exhibits for presentation in the courts and in administrative hearings; provide accurate and persuasive testimony before hearing officers and court officials in local, State, and Federal jurisdictions; effectively communicate orally under pressure and in depositions when required in the course of duties; safely operate a motorized vehicle in accordance with local and State laws.
Established: 7/7/2003
Amended: 2/11/2014