Investigative Services

The vendor is required to provide for professional investigative services to assist the public office in their representation of clients in both criminal courts and family courts.
- Investigative services shall be performed on a case by case basis.
- The applicant should have knowledge of the following:
• Interviewing, interrogation and investigative techniques and procedures
• Practices and methods employed in criminal detection and criminal investigation.
• The elements of criminal offenses under law.
• Laws of arrest, search and seizure case law, and rules of evidence.
• Law relating to the service of subpoenas and the treatment of witnesses.
• Criminal procedures relative to felony, misdemeanor, family court and jury matters.
• The purposes and organization of the public defender’s office.
• Judicial processes relative to felony, misdemeanor, family court and jury matters.
• Modern office practice, windows-based computers, including word processing software.
• Techniques employed in diagramming and making demonstrative evidence to be presented in court.
- The applicant should have the ability to:
• Recognize, collect, gather and preserve evidence.
• Be objective in fact finding.
• Evaluate evidence for a particular criminal offense or family court proceedings.
• Determine priorities and importance of various types of evidence.
• Relate easily to, and gain the confidence of, many varied personalities.
• Adapt too many different environments.
• Recognize potentially hostile situations.
• Interview effectively and analytically.
• Evaluate the credibility of persons interviewed.
• Keep accurate records
• Prepare articulate written reports and documents, concise or lengthy, as needed.
• Use laptop and personal computers and word processing software.
• Use film and digital photographic equipment.
• Prepare demonstrative evidence for use in court, such as diagrams, charts and photographs.
• Use computer presentation software.
• Manage time efficiently with frequent interruptions.
• Maintain a congenial attitude under stressful conditions.
• Maintain ethical and harmonious relationships with law enforcement and other governmental agencies.
• Maintain high professional standards and observe ethics of defense investigation.
• Locate and interview witnesses.
• Serve subpoenas for documents and records, such as surveillance camera footage, cell phone, text, social media records, relevant medical records and corporate records;
• Photograph and diagram crime scenes and other locations.
• Collect and preserve evidence
• Serve subpoenas for witnesses at trial and other hearings.
• Learn computer programs, databases and access internet resources
• Use measuring devices
• Draw diagrams to scale.