Senior Rackets Investigator

Job Description

Division/Unit: Investigation Bureau

Position Title: Senior Rackets Investigator

Civil Service Title: Senior Rackets Investigator

Salary Range: $79,519 - $83,382

Job Description:
The New York County District Attorney's Office (DANY) has an opening for a Senior Rackets Investigator in its Investigation Bureau in the Organized Crime Unit.

In this position, under supervision, with some latitude for independent judgment and initiative, the Senior Investigator is responsible for conducting a wide variety of investigations.

This is a sworn police officer position.

The candidate must meet all qualifications to be certified as a police officer on the NYS DCJS Police registry.

This position requires you to have successfully completed police academy training in New York State, and you are required to pass a mandatory background check to carry a firearm.

Please note: we are looking for candidates that have investigative skills for investigating homicide cases.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:


* Conducting, managing, and updating ongoing criminal investigative caseloads with a focus on, but not limited to, organized crime.


* Conducting, managing, and updating ongoing investigations of various types of crimes such as: Labor Racketeering, Gambling, Money Laundering, Extortion, and Union
Corruption.


* Reviewing voluminous and complicated facts to ascertain their validity.


* Preparing extensive and comprehensive narrative reports.


* Providing protective details and witness transportation protection.


* Executing search warrants often leading to arrests.


* Work in an undercover capacity.


* Deploy, operate, and maintain both overt and covert electronic investigative equipment.


* Manage and monitor, at times, complex and lengthy investigations.


* Testifying at grand jury, criminal trials, and all other court proceedings.


* Performing background investigations on employees, contractors, and registrants.


* Ensure that background checks are sent out and received.


* Contact and interview witnesses and subjects.


* Perform field visits to businesses, communities, and other contacts.


* Gather information through collateral contacts, financial institutions, and other law enforcement agencies.


* Use various City databases to perform background and information searches, such as: eJustice, IIS, IFCOM, Webcrims, Google, and various watchdog registries.


* Working on special projects and tasks as assigned by the Chief Investigator.


* Must be willing to work flexible hours.

In addition to the Minimum Qualification Requirements, candidates must possess the following:


* Firearms qualification required.


* Must possess a valid certificate of completion from a New York State Basic Course for Police Officers academy or must be eligible to attend and successfully complete a Police Officer Refresher course.


* Must have a valid NYS driver'...