LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATOR II - 79000730

FDOT; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 51,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) is hiring a Law Enforcement Investigator II in the Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco. The role covers investigations into alcohol, tobacco, and related regulations, requiring strong analytic and interviewing skills, with night/weekend duties as needed.

This sworn, career-service position offers competitive pay, a potential $5,000 sign-on bonus for first-time officers, and requires passing the CJSTC exam or an

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the criminal justice system.

Responsibilities

• Plans, conducts and completes all or portions of criminal, administrative, and civil investigations.
• Conducts minimum age compliance surveys (alcohol and tobacco) and coordinates with agencies to reduce non-compliance.
• Prepares well-composed, accurate reports and submits documentation within specified timeframes.
• Conducts interviews, testifies in official proceedings, and participates in cooperative investigations with other agencies.
• Enforces final orders, makes arrests, serves warrants, and documents investigative expenses.

Skills

Criminal justice knowledge

Job description

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LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATOR II - 79000730

Requisition No:887261

Agency: Business and Professional Regulation

Working Title: LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATOR II - 79000730

Position Number:79000730

DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES & TOBACCO

Law Enforcement Investigator II

Position Number: 79000730

Hiring Salary: $2,500 Biweekly (including CAD)

OPEN COMPETITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT

*LOOKING TO BECOME A FIRST TIME OFFICER IN FLORIDA? YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A $5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS!*

Candidates who live within 70 miles of the West Palm Beach District Office locations are encouraged to apply

This position is a sworn career service position located within the Bureau of Law Enforcement. To be considered for this position, the applicant must have passed the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission (CJSTC) law enforcement examination or equivalency by the application deadline.

Our Organization and Mission:

License efficiently. Regulate fairly. Florida counts on the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) to ensure important matters are handled well. Responsibilities range from ensuring the safety of food service, maintaining the integrity of real estate transactions, furthering the transparency of condominium governance, and overseeing the qualifications of licensure that ensure work requiring a skilled professional is performed safely and sufficiently. DBPR’s stakeholders include these professionals and their customers alike.

Under the direction of Secretary Melanie S. Griffin, DBPR oversees many of Florida’s professions and industries in the areas above, and many more which can be seen on our website: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/.

The Work You Will Do:

The Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco licenses the manufacture, distribution, sale, and service of alcoholic beverage and tobacco products in Florida, including receipt and processing of license applications; collection and auditing of taxes and fees paid by licensees; and enforcement of the laws and regulation of the alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries, pursuant to Chapters 210, 561-565, 567-569, Florida Statutes. The division's three bureaus - Licensing, Auditing and Enforcement - comprise a team of approximately 325 personnel fulfilling the regulatory obligations of the division throughout the state.

This is an opportunity to serve as a state law enforcement officer in Florida. Employees demonstrating advanced investigative and critical thinking skills normally excel within this Bureau. Employees are challenged with shifting seamlessly from regulatory investigators to law enforcement officers during their investigative activities. The Bureau seeks applicants interested in investigating complex crimes while deterring underage access to alcoholic beverages, tobacco and nicotine products. These positions require team members to work some nights and weekends as necessary.

Your Specific Responsibilities:

• Plans, conducts and completes all or portions of criminal, administrative, and civil investigations.
• Conducts minimum age compliance surveys (alcohol and tobacco), prepares work plan involving the public and othergovernment agencies to reduce or eliminate non-compliance, and completes planned activities making adjustments as needed.
• Independently conducts investigations of stolen or counterfeit cigarette tax stamps; unlawful shipments of deliveries of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products into the State; non-tax paid alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and fraudulent applications, tax returns, and records; and unlawful ties between manufacturers or distributors and retailers of alcoholic beverages.
• Prepares well-composed, accurate reports and submits documentation within specified timeframes.
• Conducts interviews, testifies in official legal proceedings, and participates in cooperative investigations with other agencies.
• Provides training regarding State laws and rules which the Division ofAlcoholic Beverages and Tobacco is responsible for enforcing.Participates in community prevention and education events.
• Enforces final orders, settlement agreements, and court orders, makes arrests, serves warrants, recruits and documents informants, and accounts for investigative expenses.
• Plans, conducts and completes inspections of businesses licensed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, to promote compliance.
• Participates in training as required or assigned and properly maintains issued equipment.
• Maintains familiarity with the division’s written policies and procedures, departmental legal opinions, statutory changes, rules, agency directives, and court decisions.
• Performs other related duties and participates in state declared emergency operations as assigned which may involve extended travel outside of the assigned area in the event of activation.
• Maintains proper physical conditioning to perform the duties of a sworn law enforcement officer.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the criminal justice system.