Senior Investigator

Salary : $87,100.00 - $ Annually
Location : Adams County District Attorney - 1000 Judicial Center Drive. Brighton, CO
Job Type: Regular Full-time
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Department: District Attorney
Division: District Attorney's Office
Opening Date: 12/12/2025
Closing Date: Continuous
Our Mission: The mission of the District Attorneys Office is to keep the community safe and to make the criminal justice system better through the fair and ethical prosecution of criminal offenders, while seeking justice for victims of crime.
EEO: Adams County is an equal opportunity employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Position classification: Onsite -- Job duties and expectations require employee to be regularly scheduled onsite.

What Success Looks Like In This Job
The 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office is committed to seeking and pursuing justice on behalf of victims of crime through the fair and ethical prosecution of those who commit offenses in our community. With a focus on education, treatment, and a reduction in recidivism, the District Attorney's Office will also work vigorously to reform the criminal justice system to better serve those who live and work in Adams and Broomfield Counties.

The District Attorney's Office seeks a Senior Investigator to advance the mission of the DA's Office. A Senior Investigator performs a variety of semi-complex and complex investigations of felony and misdemeanor crimes for the Office of the District Attorney and handles other duties as assigned.

Examples of Duties for Success

• A Senior Investigator must have a minimum of five (5) years of investigative experience handling complex case investigations and a minimum of ten (10) years prior law enforcement experience. The investigative experience can be within the District Attorney's Office or can be prior law enforcement experience as a detective or investigator at a law enforcement agency.
• A Senior Investigator must possess comprehensive knowledge of civil and criminal law, law enforcement principles, procedures, techniques, statutes, and ordinances applicable in the State of Colorado. This includes updates to statutes, legislative changes, and changes to procedures for criminal case filings.
• A Senior Investigator must have significant experience investigating, preparing and filing complex criminal cases and must possess the ability and skillset to investigate and file a criminal case.
• A Senior Investigator must possess extensive investigative competence, skills and abilities to provide advanced, high-level investigation into already filed criminal cases, enhancing and strengthening these cases for prosecution.
• A Senior Investigator must have comprehensive experience authoring search warrants, production of records requests, and other affidavits associated with investigations. A Senior Investigator must have the experience and ability to find the gaps in an investigation and author the appropriate court documents to enhance said investigation where others might fall short.
• A Senior Investigator must have significant experience interviewing victims and witnesses and the skill set to conduct such interviews as well as the ability to build rapport and show empathy to victims and witnesses. A Senior Investigator must have the skillset to author the appropriate reports detailing the information obtained in interviews in a timely manner. Interviews of witnesses and / or victims involved in complex crime requires training and experience in the best approach or current practices.
  
  The reports authored should reflect this unique skillset and high-level ability.
• A Senior Investigator has the skillset and experience to work on the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) and can conduct interviews of officers and other responder personnel associated with these types of investigations. Experience on the CIRT Team investigations is preferred.
• A Senior Investigator must have a strong work ethic and a track record of handling a high volume of labor-intensive cases in a competent and professional manner.
• A Senior Investigator must have the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, colleagues, attorneys, witnesses, and victims. This also extends to relationships with law enforcement agencies, patrol officers, supervisors, detectives, and command staff.
• A Senior Investigator must have the experience and skill set to serve as a lead investigator for an investigation where a law enforcement agency is lacking the resources or experience to conduct a detailed, quality, thorough investigation.
• A Senior Investigator must be able to create and conduct presentations for various senior level executives and command staff outlining the progress and information gathered in…