Criminal Investigations Division

The evidence technician for the Scott County Sheriffs Office is responsible for all crime scenes which occur in Scott County. This includes securing the crime scene, searching the crime scene, and identifying critical and supporting evidence within the crime scene.

Their duties also include but are not limited to photography, documentation, collection, packaging and processing of all crime scene evidence. The processing of physical evidence includes but is not limited to the disciplines of latent fingerprint development, footwear and tire marks, toolmark, biological (DNA) and trace (hairs, fibers and soil).

Scott County Sheriffs Office Evidence Technicians work closely with many specialist in the forensic science community. These specialists include criminologists, forensic pathologist, forensic entomologist, blood pattern analysts, latent fingerprint examiners, biologists and engineers to name a few. After evidence has been collected and all scientific information has been compiled, the Scott County Sheriff's Office Evidence Technician works closely with the Scott County Attorney's Office and provides courtroom testimony in criminal trials.