Law Enforcement Special Agent

State of Oklahoma•Oklahoma City, OK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Financial Crimes Unit within the Investigative Services Division in Oklahoma City, OK. Positions in this job family are responsible for performing, supervising and directing a broad range of highly technical, complex and professional level law enforcement and investigative activity. This includes investigating major crimes, documenting and collecting evidence, maintaining security of crime scenes, analyzing crime scenes, conducting background investigations, and other related duties.

Requirements

Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
Possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Two years of law enforcement experience with a governmental law enforcement agency.
Must be a certified CLEET peace officer or possess a certification by reciprocity agreement from another state.
Three years of professional experience in conducting criminal investigations for a governmental law enforcement agency (primary full-time job responsibility).
Ability and willingness to perform job-related travel.
Willingness to carry a firearm and use deadly force or less-than-lethal force as required.
Have and maintain physical and mental stamina to perform the work and willingness to accept the physical discomforts or dangers inherent in the work.
Ability to successfully complete any necessary training and certification required by the agency.
Willing to be on call twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
Willing to travel frequently and be away from home for extended periods of time.
Willing to transfer where and when needed and to accept assignments anywhere in the state.
Pass a thorough character and background investigation.
Successfully pass a polygraph examination, a drug screen, and a psychological evaluation.
Satisfy medical examination and/or physical fitness testing standards or requirements.
Satisfy the limitations contained in federal law regarding misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence.
Some positions may require possession of a commercial pilot's license with a commercial/instrument rating, have a total pilot flight time of 500 hours, 50 hours in a model used by Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and pass a class 2 flight physical.
Some positions may require possession of education/experience/training as required by current Oklahoma Statutes or approved selective qualifications.
Qualifying criminal investigative experience gained while in the military must have been in the GS-1811 series.
Candidates who are employed with the OSBI must have an overall performance review rating of “Achieved Expected Results” or higher within the previous year.
Candidates who are employed with the OSBI will complete the CLEET training within their 12-month trial period.
Successful applicants must be willing to submit to a drug screen, polygraph examination, psychological evaluation (commissioned positions only), and a thorough background investigation.
Certain events automatically disqualify an applicant, such as, felony conviction; admission of an undetected crime that, if known, would have been a felony charge; failure to pay federal or state income tax; positive confirmed drug urine test; illegal use of a controlled substance within certain time frames.

Nice To Haves

Experience/training in white collar, fraud and cybercrime cases.

Responsibilities

Conducts complex financial fraud, cybercrime, and multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations in coordination with law enforcement, financial institutions, and partner agencies.
Collects, preserves, and analyzes physical, electronic, and financial evidence; interviews witnesses and suspects; and supports criminal prosecutions.
Plans and executes covert investigations, surveillance operations, raids, and task force operations targeting organized criminal activity and fraud schemes.
Prepares investigative reports, warrants, subpoenas, and court documents; coordinates with prosecutors; and provides testimony in criminal and grand jury proceedings.
Develops investigative strategies, training, and partnerships with law enforcement, financial institutions, and industry stakeholders to enhance fraud prevention and investigative effectiveness.
Investigates violations of criminal law including major crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, larceny, fraud, forgery, embezzlement, auto theft, oil field theft, computer crimes, threats against public officials, and any other assigned criminal investigation; conducts background investigations of applicants and gubernatorial or judicial appointees; documents all investigative activities.
Preserves and protects crime scenes; gathers and analyzes information; interviews witnesses; interrogates suspects; makes arrests, collects materials, substances, and other physical evidence, including blood stains, hair, fiber, fingerprints; records and photographs scenes; analyzes electronic information; arranges for scientific testing and analysis as needed.
Plans, directs and executes complex covert investigations, raids and surveillance operations; installs, operates and monitors highly complex electronic and aerial surveillance equipment; operates computers and computer software to extract, secure and analyze electronic data.
Prepares detailed investigative prosecutorial reports; consults with prosecutors in filing charges; prepares, obtains and executes court orders for use in criminal investigations, including subpoenas, search warrants, arrest warrants, affidavits, and prepares court orders; testifies in criminal proceedings as a witness and as an expert witness in complex investigations; assists grand juries by serving subpoenas and assembling witnesses.
Researches and develops continuing in-service training; studies professional literature related to new investigative techniques and procedures; studies legal materials related to court decisions and state and federal laws; may participate as an instructor in providing law enforcement training for the Council for Law Enforcement Education and Training or for other law enforcement officers or agencies.
Researches and develops technical investigative programs to aid in conducting investigations or other work; researches and identifies criminal conspiracies by gathering and analyzing information maintained within various computer data systems and networks.
Commands, directs and/or participates in multi-jurisdictional and/or multi-agency task force operations through coordination, research, staffing, planning, execution, and evaluation of complex law enforcement operations.
Coordinates compliance and needs assessment, recommends modification or development of policies or procedures for the delivery of effective services to other law enforcement, governmental entities and the public.
Oversees the overall operational effectiveness of assigned area of responsibility, monitors and evaluates ongoing assignments and programs, develops statewide strategic operational plans through the analysis and evaluation of current law enforcement operations and advanced criminal investigative tactics and trends.
Serves as a field training officer for trainee-level agents.
Organizes and coordinates multi-jurisdictional task force investigations.
Functions as a resident agent.
Provides specialized assistance such as firearms or self-defense instruction, LEDT instruction, digital evidence analysis, aerial surveillance as an aircraft pilot, polygraph examination, electronic surveillance.
Temporarily performs limited supervisory duties in a relief capacity during the absence of the supervisor.