Evidence Supervisor

Salary

$64,507.00 - $100,066.00 Annually

Location

602 E. Main Street, Durham, NC

Job Type

Full time with benefits

Job Number

26-06115

Department

Police

Opening Date

10/21/2026

Closing Date

11/18/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Position Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $64,507.00

Work Day/Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Our internationally accredited Durham Police Department is dedicated to hiring and training officers and staff who represent the best the law enforcement profession has to offer. We are a progressive agency committed to reducing crime by providing the best quality service. We work to foster public confidence and maintain the highest standards of excellence as a community partner for positive change. If you’re interested in delivering superior emergency response services and working collaboratively to serve our community, join our team in Durham!

The Evidence Supervisor is devoted to ensuring the chain of custody for collected and stored evidence. Incumbents supervise a unit of non-exempt employees. Decision-making involves the coordination of transactions and processes at the highest level of standard operating tasks, including providing direction to lower-level staff in the execution of operational tasks and review and verification of work. As assigned, work may include assigning and monitoring work performed in the field; training staff; performing the most complex of work assigned; ensuring quality and accuracy; enforcing safety requirements; preparing reports; and serving as an expert witness. An incumbent may supervise paraprofessional and support staff including conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, and implementing hiring, and discipline and termination procedures.

This position is devoted to providing support functions for law enforcement activities and staff including investigatory assistance, evidence processing and retention, crime analysis, victim assistance and forensic science. Provides specialized law enforcement support that requires sufficient subject-matter knowledge and expertise in an assigned field to process complex information; coordinate processes; implement policies and procedures and provide technical assistance to higher-level staff.

Decision-making is limited to organizing tasks in more complex operational processes that include coordination of logistics and handling of unanticipated factors within standard policies and procedures to meet established goals.

Responsible for training or leading others; ensuring quality control standards are met; investigating and processing crime scene information; collecting data; analyzing data; compiling statistics; preparing reports; preparing presentations; and providing expert testimony. Serves as the technical lead in digital, firearms, or latent print forensics by ensuring compliance with quality standards and accreditation including; applying the physical sciences to the investigations of crimes; performing laboratory analyses; ensuring the completeness of case files and supporting documentation; advising management about issues; recommending corrective action; compiling statistics and preparing reports.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Coordinates and assures chain-of-custody; performs quality assurance for forensic analysis; and ensures compliance with applicable quality and accreditation standards, protocols policies, and procedures.
• Prepares and/or maintains reports, records, logs, files, and other investigatory and documents; updates and maintains databases; compiles and calculates statistical and other information; formulates conclusions, as appropriate; reviews work for accuracy, completeness and compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Collaborates with law enforcement to assist with investigations; provides technical assistance; responds to inquiries escalated by lower-level staff; and testifies in court.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Associate’s degree.
• Four years of experience related to the assignment.
• Valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another states driver's license, must be willing and able to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Willing and able to work a flexible work schedule.
• Willing and able to be on-call and respond within 60 minutes to call back emergencies.
• Experience using Microsoft products such as Word, Excel, etc.

Benefits – General Full-Time Employees

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 13 standard work days of vacation per year
• 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• State and City retirement plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• Paid funeral leave
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• Workman's Compensation Insurance
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

Employer

City of Durham

Address

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, North Carolina, 27701

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/durhamnc