A Forensic Investigator conducts investigation of cases that are referred to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).
Requirements
- Three years of experience investigating the circumstances of death at death scene incidents.
- Possession of an Associate of Arts degree in Health Sciences, Police Science, or Forensics from an accredited college or university and one year of experience investigating the circumstances of death at death scene incidents.
- Experience assisting in the autopsies of human corpses on a month-for-month basis for a maximum of six months of the required experience.
- One year of experience as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner.
- College internships, conferences, and seminar education in forensics, death investigation, and trauma of forty (40) hours for an equivalency of three months, for a maximum of one year of the required experience.
- U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in Criminal Investigation classifications or Criminal Investigation specialty codes in the Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
Benefits
- STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS