Evidence and Property Specialist

City of St. Charles, MO; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

FSA

HSA

Retirement/Deferred Compensation

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Programs

Job summary

The City of Saint Charles Police Department is seeking an Evidence and Property Custodian to manage and control all property and evidence seized for processing, and to maintain evidence for court presentation.

The role includes custody, control, and care of seized property, with responsibilities spanning processing, logging, transporting, and maintaining related records.

Qualifications

• Ability to analyze and categorize data and information to determine relationships.
• Ability to persuade, convince and/or train others, including the ability to lead.
• Ability to advise and interpret how to apply policies and procedures and standards.
• Ability to utilize advisory data such as evidence custody sheets, lab reports, photos, and court reports.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing with department personnel, attorneys, and the public.

Responsibilities

• Processes evidence and maintains evidence records, logs and databases.
• Sorts and retrieves evidence; determines evidence analysis based on requests.
• Prepares forms and arranges transportation to the lab; prepares court documents.
• Researches property records and deposits; notifies owners for recovery and releases property.
• Provides guidance to officers on packaging evidence and receipts; maintains law knowledge.
• Transports evidence to Courts and stocks supplies; may train part-time clerks.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Oral and written communication

Court testimony

Training others

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

CARE database

Case Management

REJIS access

Job description

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Voluntary Vision, Life and Disability Insurance
• FSA
• HSA
• Retirement (Lagers L-6) and Deferred Compensation programs
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Programs and Educational Benefits.

Job Title

Evidence and Property Specialist

Department

Police Department

Posting Date

September 10, 2026

Closing Date for Resumes/Applications

September 20, 2026

Starting Salary

$53,733.33/ Annually

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Voluntary Vision, Life and Disability Insurance
• FSA
• HSA
• Retirement (Lagers L-6) and Deferred Compensation programs
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Programs and Educational Benefits.

Exempt/Non-exempt

Non- Exempt

Status

Full Time

The City of Saint Charles Police Department is currently recruiting for the position of Evidence and Property Custodian. This position manages and controls all property and evidence that is seized for processing and maintains evidence for presentation in criminal cases. This includes the custody, control and care of all seized property.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Processes evidence.
• Maintains evidence records, logs and data bases.
• Sorts evidence and places in lockers. Retrieves evidence.
• Determines evidence analysis based on requests.
• Prepares laboratory forms and arranges transportation to the lab.
• Prepares court documents regarding evidence and property.
• Researches property records and case depositions.
• Notifies owners regarding recovery of property and releases property.
• Provides direction to officers and detectives as to procedures for properly packaging evidence and completion of evidence receipts.
• Maintains working knowledge of laws, rules and regulations regarding evidence and property seizure, collection, custody, storage and release.
• Transports evidence to Courts.
• Stocks supplies.
• Assists in training part time clerks.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Minimum Training and Experience Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• High school diploma or equivalent or any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Must possess or be able to obtain, by the time of hire, a valid state driver's license.
• Any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Language Ability and Interpersonal Communications

• Ability to analyze and categorize data and information in order to determine the relationships.
• Ability to persuade, convince and/or train others, including the ability to act in a lead worker capacity.
• Ability to advise and interpret how to apply policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Ability to utilize a variety of advisory data and information such as evidence custody sheets, lab reports, photos, medical examiners report, prosecutor's report, notification reports and evidence publications.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing with Department personnel, attorneys, medical examiner, lab personnel and the general public.
• Ability to work hours as assigned.
• Ability to testify in court on a witness stand and present all the facts for depositions.
• Ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide, calculate percentages, fractions and decimals.
• Ability to use functional reasoning and apply rational judgment in performing diversified work activities.
• Knowledge or the ability to learn and conduct searches for people or property after training and REJIS testing/certification for database access.
• Ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory and/or judgmental criteria.
• Ability to learn and make use of Department databases such as CARE and Case Management.
• Ability to work under moderately safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors such as toxic agents and disease poses a risk of injury or exposure.

Work Environment

• The office environment is typical with no unusual requirements. Some travel between locations is required.

The City of Saint Charles is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify