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Amend the District Attorney Investigator and District Attorney Investigator (Supervising) classification specifications
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HUMAN RESOURCES' RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Human Resources recommends the Civil Service Commission modify the District Attorney Investigator and District Attorney Investigator (Supervising) classification specifications.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Human Resources recommends the Civil Service Commission modify the District Attorney Investigator and District Attorney Investigator (Supervising) classification specifications. The primary changes to the classification specifications include changes to the education portion of the minimum qualifications and California Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) certificate level. Minor changes have been made to convert the classification specifications to the current format.
DISCUSSION:
The District Attorney Investigator and District Attorney Investigator (Supervising) classifications are represented by the Deputy Sheriff's Association (DSA). There are ten (10) allocations of District Attorney Investigator and two (2) District Attorney Investigator (Supervising) in the District Attorney's Office. These classifications are not allocated to any other departments in the County.
The District Attorney Investigator is a journey-level classification in which incumbents perform skilled investigation work performed in support of the criminal prosecution activities of the District Attorney's Office. Currently, the education minimum qualification requires, "thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units of academic course work in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Law Enforcement, Police Science, or related field which addresses prevention, discovery, control, and treatment of crimes, criminals, and criminality from an accredited college or university." The related field requirement was too restrictive as it did not allow for other applicable courses that are also relev...
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