Fugitive Apprehension Agent

Fugitive Apprehension Agent

Agency: 131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supervisory Organization: DOC Ofc of Inspector General

Job Posting End Date:
Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

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: $50,000.00
• Level II: $55,000.00
• Level III: $60,000.00

Basic Purpose :
Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for performing advanced level specialized investigations in order to locate, apprehend and return offenders who have escaped the custody of the Department of Corrections. Additional investigations include those related to criminal activities within state correctional facilities, administrative investigations concerning violations of policy by staff, and investigations of facilities to insure compliance with operational procedures concerning inmate security.

• Plan, conducts and coordinates specialized investigations in order to locate, apprehend and return offenders who have escaped the custody of the Department of Corrections (DOC).
• Gathers and analyzes information, including interviews of cellmates, associates, relatives, visitors, and DOC employees who had daily contact with the escapee; attempts to identify and interview other individuals who might know the present whereabouts of the escapee.
• Arrests and returns escapee to the custody of the Department of Corrections upon determining the escapee's location. Testifies in court regarding the investigation, apprehension and return to custody of the escapee for the prosecution on the escape charge.
• Coordinates and participates in undercover investigations, raids and/or surveillance of persons or targeted locations or establishments where it is believed the escaped offender is present; obtains and executes arrests and search warrants and other court orders; prepares and presents affidavits to District Attorneys and testifies in court on new felony charges that are discovered during fugitive investigations.
• 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.
• 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.
• Assists agency Legal Division as requested with ongoing cases, including, but not limited to, surveillance, record inquiries, and service of subpoenas in civil and criminal cases.
• Maintains a current record system of all escapees at large; maintains various types of equipment in a constant state of readiness; notifies all law enforcement agencies of escapes. Assists agency Legal Division as requested with ongoing cases including, but not limited to, surveillance, record inquiries, and service of subpoenas in civil and criminal cases.
• 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 quarterly inspections of facilities to monitor security procedures; investigates alleged violations of policies and procedures; researches information concerning death row inmates and prepares reports of findings for review by the Governor; monitors inmate mail and telephone calls; maintains custody of contraband seized during security searches; maintains equipment and supplies for urinalysis testing.
• Collects information in order to conduct an initial assessment and analysis for the purpose of entry into the Department of Corrections (DOC) data systems regarding inmates who would pose a threat within the DOC and/or outside communities.
• Collects information on threat groups within the Department of Corrections (DOC) which includes criminal street gangs, prison gangs, Mexican drug trafficking cartels, international and domestic terror groups, and other threats within DOC that may also threaten outside communities.
• 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 agenc