POLICE RECORDS TECHNICIAN

Village-of-Glendale-Height; Glendale Heights (IL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Village of Glendale Heights Police Department is seeking a Full-Time Police Records Technician for the Support Operations Division. This role covers data entry, filing, and processing information to maintain official records, with a 11:00am–7:00pm shift, Monday through Friday.

Additional shifts may occur as needed for public safety operations. Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED with office coursework and two years of related experience; bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED with specialized office coursework and two years of related experience (preferably in police records).
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Typing, data entry and recording to support official records.
• Filing and processing information for police records.
• Responding to requests from the public, other agencies, attorneys, and businesses.
• Providing procedural assistance and information to the public.
• May perform matron duties.

Skills

Typing

Data entry

Filing

Reception

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Civic Center - GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL 60139Position Type: Full TimeSalary Range: $26.09 - $34.52 Hourly

The Village of Glendale Heights Police Department is accepting applications for a Full-Time Police Records Technician for the Support Operations Division. This position is for the 11:00am to 7:00pm shift, Monday thru Friday. This is a public safety/essential service position and the Police Records Technician may be required to work alternative shifts (a shift change can occur and there is no shift guarantee).

Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, the Full-Time Police Records Technician performs a variety of operational-type clerical duties including typing, data entry and recording, filing, and processing information in support of maintaining official law enforcement documents and records; performs matron duties; responds to request for information from within the Police Department, other City Departments, Criminal Justice Agencies, attorneys, insurance agents, businesses, and the general public in accordance with established policies and practices; receives and dispenses information in person or by telephone; refers requests to appropriate officers or agencies as necessary; provides procedural assistance and information to the public.

Qualifications

• Graduation from High School or GED equivalent with specialized course work in general office practices such as typing, filing, reception, answering telephones, data entry, accounting and bookkeeping, and two years of responsible related experience (preferably in police records), or any equivalent combination of related education and experience.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.

Hourly Range: $26.09 – $34.52. This is an AFSCME union, non-exempt position.

All job offers are conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of pre-employment drug testing and submission of fingerprints for a complete background investigation.

Employees are required to have their permanent residency within a 20-mile radius of the Village, unless an exception is approved by the Village Administrator.

Posted 09/2/2026. Applications will be accepted until 9/25/26 at 4:30pm. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Village of Glendale Heights’ is committed to a nepotism and cronyism policy of employment, advancement and/or contracting practices based upon qualifications and merit, and to ensure that no conflict of interest, favoritism, preferential treatment, or discrimination enters into the employment and contracting process without discrimination in favor of or in opposition to the employment of immediate family members and a personal, political, financial, or commercial relationships.

If you are an immediate family member (an employee's spouse; an employee’s natural, step, adopted or foster parent; an employee’s mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law or son- in-law; an employee’s grandparent; an employee’s child or grandchild; an employee’s sister or brother; employee’s aunt, uncle, niece, nephew; spouse’s grandparent, brothers-in‑law, sisters-in‑law; or any other dependent residing in the same household of the employee) or a personal, political, financial, or commercial relationship to a current or past Village employee, please indicate so in the “Applicant Information” section of your employment application.