Police Records Specialist

Join the Central Marin Police Authority Team!

Are you looking for a rewarding career where your work directly supports your community? The Central Marin Police Authority (CMPA) is seeking a Police Records Specialist to join our team!

CMPA is a community-oriented public safety organization serving the communities of Larkspur, Corte Madera, and San Anselmo in beautiful Marin County. Our team takes pride in providing professional, responsive, and friendly service to the public.

As a Police Records Specialist, you’ll play an important role in supporting our police operations and helping ensure our department provides the highest level of service to our community.

Interested in learning more about CMPA before applying? Prospective applicants are encouraged to request a ride-along with a CMPA officer or a site visit with a member of our non-sworn support staff to experience our organization firsthand by emailing HR Analyst Jennifer Alcantara at jalcantara@cmpa-ca.gov.

If you’re looking for meaningful work, a supportive team, and an opportunity to serve your community,

Employees in this class routinely take all non-emergency calls for service both over the telephone and in person at the police department counter; provide information and assistance to the public both over the telephone and in person; process, maintain, and disseminate all police reports and a wide variety of confidential Police Authority records.

General supervision is provided by the Public Safety Records and Evidence Supervisor. Responsibilities may include training and/or indirect supervision of subordinate personnel.

This is a specialized police civilian classification and performs all duties required to effectively deliver police services.

• The duties described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential job functions. Additional duties may be performed as required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties.
• Answers and evaluates non-emergency calls for service and responds to each individual call with appropriate action and may be required to take some emergency calls for service.
• Enters information into the CAD system about calls for service including type, location, nature and description of the event; researches, interprets, and applies the appropriate law, code, or statute to all police records related issues.
• Evaluates and handles all in-person requests for service at the front counter of the police department and responds to each request with appropriate action, including advice, information, referrals, assistance with counter reports, and taking of supplemental reports.
• Provides callers and walk-in customers with assistance, information, or referral on situations that they determine not to be police-related; serves as a conduit of information from the police department to other public safety agencies and service providers.
• Operates a computerized records management system; processes and maintains a wide variety of police reports, documents, and records in both electronic and paper format; enters and retrieves information from other law enforcement data bases and resources.
• Maintains and ensures the integrity and security of all confidential police records and reports; provides for the appropriate release of information in accordance with all state laws governing confidentiality and the release of police records.
• Prepares mandated statistical and other reports for the State Department of Justice; prepares, codes, categorizes, tabulates, enters, and audits a variety of data, forms and reports.
• Prepares both standardized and specialized letters, records, and…