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Requisition No:880645

Agency:
Commission on Offender Review

Working Title:

COMMISSION INVESTIGATOR -  1

The Florida Commission on Offender Review is looking to fill the 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 .

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.

• 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 Executive Clemency, provide a broad picture of the applicant's history and activities.
  
  This position also conducts Restoration of Civil Rights Investigations without Hearing, which includes verifying the status of pecuniary penalties and restitution and determining whether the individual is eligible for clemency consideration under the Rules of Executive Clemency.
• Performs interviews and investigations in connection with inmates who are eligible for parole consideration. This includes, but not limited to, analyzing inmate prison files, interviewing inmates in the State of Florida prison system, conducting restitution investigations, contacting victims for input and to advise them of their right to participate in parole proceedings, conducting pre-parole investigations to make recommendations regarding the suitability of proposed release plans, and conducting courtesy interviews for other states pursuant to the Interstate Compact Agreement.

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Four years equivalent work experience can substitute for the college education.

• Knowledge of the criminal justice principles and practices, legal terminology, and methods and techniques of reviewing, researching, and summarizing criminal and social data.
• Knowledge of fact-finding and problem-solving techniques.
• Skilled in using computers including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Abil…