Job Description
Only applicants who meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements and meet all selective requirements will be placed on the eligible list.
Law Enforcement Instructor
The Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking to fill a Law Enforcement Instructor position within the Program Services Bureau's Audit/Certification/Training (ACT) Team.
Organization Background:
The mission of DPS is to serve the people of Iowa by providing public safety services with leadership, integrity and professionalism through the core values of courtesy, service and protection. The Department is a statewide law enforcement agency and includes the Administrative Services Division, the Iowa State Patrol, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, the Iowa State Fire Marshal and the Division of Intelligence. The Department works in conjunction with federal, state and local jurisdictions of the criminal justice community to provide for the safety of persons living in, or traveling through the State of Iowa.
The Program Services Bureau is responsible for maintaining and providing services in four program areas within the State: Weapon permitting, Private security/investigation licensing, Uniform Crime Reporting and Audit/Certification/Training (ACT) Team. The ACT Team instructs and certifies roughly 10,000 law enforcement and criminal justice personnel annually in the use of the IOWA System, audits IOWA system agencies for compliance in state and federal policies and regulations, certifies software for use with the IOWA System, and expands the network with access to new databases and capabilities. In addition, more than 1,000 off-line searches are conducted to provide investigative assistance to law enforcement agencies.
Job Description:
The Law Enforcement Instructor works within the ACT Team and reports directly to the Program Services Bureau Chief | FBI CJIS Systems Officer. Duties include but are not limited to:
INSTRUCTOR DUTIES:
- Trains and tests criminal justice employees, including law enforcement officers, communications operators and records personnel at the federal, state, county and city levels throughout Iowa.
- Teaches approximately one-third of the instructional time at the Basic Iowa System Training
- (BIST) three-day sessions scheduled quarterly each year and a variety of other training opportunities. Develops training materials, prepares updates to manuals, recommends changes and enhancements to curriculum and develops materials as needed.
- Contributes to, the bi-monthly newsletter, IOWA Intercom, which is used to relay important information as well as system updates to IOWA System users and agencies.
- Serves as an editor of the IOWA System Operating Manual. Updates the manual as new features are released or new rules are implemented.
- Answers questions from certified users concerning the IOWA System and other criminal justice related systems. Determines type and scope of problems and advises users of proper procedures and directs them to the proper documentation for future reference. Recommends additional training for users as required.
- Maintains knowledge of the IOWA System, procedures, policies, and enhancements to ensure proficiency in trouble management and training. Maintains knowledge of new system testing criteria so as to provide input.
COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT (AUDIT) DUTIES:
- Serves as IOWA System and CJIS Auditor completing approximately 10-12 IOWA System audits per month to ensure all IOWA System agencies are audited once every three years.
- For each CJIS triennial cycle, develops an audit questionnaire to make sure an agency adheres to all rules and regulations set forth to include any certification and security mandates/policies.
- Processes completed questionnaires to evaluate, verify and return to the criminal justice agency administrator. The Department's Security Team is contacted for input as necessary.
- Creates audit reports as an instructional two-way correspondence to provide additional guidance to the agency coordinator and ultimately the agency personnel. A typical audit report cites potential problems as well as issues for which the criminal justice agency is not in compliance.
- Performs monthly quality control review on articles, sends quality control serious error notifications weekly for wanted persons and stolen vehicles left in the system in located status.
ACT TEAM DUTIES:
- Assigns Article File type codes as necessary.
- Provides backup for monitoring a central IOWA System terminal. Receives requests for information to be added to the system Calendar file, reviews All Points Iowa (APIA) messages for appropriate usage and reviews failed attempts to access information.
- Processes, reviews and responds to periodic Nlets Terminal surveys.
- Serves as backup for monitoring central terminal for errors related to the ICIS interface with the Judicial Branch, as well as canceling emergency protective orders and weekly protective orders.
- Receives and processes off-line investigation requests.
- Works with ACT Team Systems Administrator | CJIS Information Security Officer to receive backup cross training in that role's duties.
OTHER INFORMATION:
The highly competitive candidate will also possess proficient experience in Microsoft Office 365 applications.
The selected candidate must obtain IOWA/NCIC certification within 6 months of hire and must have passed a thorough background investigation conducted by Iowa Department of Public Safety investigators before a final letter of employment offer is delivered.
Selectives
252 IOWA/NCIC Certification:
Certification in the Iowa Online Warrants and Articles (IOWA) Criminal Justice Information System and National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field, and experience equal to three years of full-time work as a certified peace officer in a law enforcement agency or program, civilian jailer, jail trainer, jail administrator, or correctional officer in a jail, holding facility, prison, or correctional institution, dispatcher, dispatch trainer, dispatch supervisor/administrator, nurse (RN or LPN), EMS paramedic, or other closely-related emergency medical services provider.
- A total of seven years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
- All of the following (a, b, and c):
- One year of full-time work experience in as a certified peace officer in a law enforcement agency or program, civilian jailer, jail trainer, jail administrator, or correctional officer in a jail, holding facility, prison, or correctional institution, dispatcher, dispatch trainer, dispatch supervisor/administrator, nurse (RN or LPN), EMS paramedic, or other closely-related emergency medical services provider; and
- A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience; and
- A total of two years of graduate-level education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
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