Job Description
About the role
New Zealand Police are looking for a dynamic, self‑motivated, professional staff member to join the District Forensic Team as a Scene of Crime Officer (SOCO) based at Henderson. The role is permanent, full‑time and involves working with an energetic team to examine a range of volume crime and other scenes to preserve all relevant evidence.
Key responsibilities include:
- Secure and preserve crime scenes by establishing cordons and preventing contamination to ensure integrity of evidence.
- Conduct thorough forensic examinations including photography, fingerprinting, trace, biological and impression evidence at a variety of volume crime scenes.
- Package, label and maintain a clear chain of custody for all collected evidence and submit it to forensic laboratories for analysis.
- Complete comprehensive documentation of all scene actions and evidence.
- Attend post‑mortems and other specialist operations as directe...