Video Technician

Job Responsibilities:
Specific duties include but not limited to the following:

- Respond to crime scenes, police precincts, hospitals and other pertinent locations at the request of the District Attorney.

- Record on videotape crime scenes and statements by defendants and witnesses and preserve and maintain them for use as evidence in court.

- Retrieve surveillance footage, preserve and maintain this media for use as evidence during trial and create duplications for discovery purposes.

- Perform tasks related to NYPD’s Body Worn Camera (BWC) Program deployment, including downloading, duplicating, editing, and redacting BWC footage.

- Provide the District Attorney’s Office with technical support for courtroom presentations to audio/video recordings redactions.

- Create duplications, and/or perform edits.

- Play any audio/video tapes and disks that become evidence, as well as clarifications to overcome acoustic and visual problems in courtrooms.

- All other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional, or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of
Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in one or a combination of the following areas of study: electronics technology, television production, broadcast communications, film production, audio production; or

2. An associate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional, or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of
Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) including or supplemented by 12 semester credits in one or a combination of the following areas of study: electronics technology, television production, broadcast communications, film production, audio production, still photography, graphic arts or in a related field and one year of satisfactory full-time experience operating, maintaining, and repairing audio-visual, video and related broadcast
production equipment; or

3. A certificate or diploma in electronics or another area of study described in ""2"" above from an accredited vocational or technical high school, approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and two years of satisfactory full-time experience as described
in ""2"" above; or

4. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and three years of satisfactory full-time
experience as described in ""2""above; or

5. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to ""1"",""2"",""3"", or ""4"" above. However, all candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent. Two years
of certified experience as a member of a high school audio-visual squad, or one year of work-study experience in an approved NYC Department of Education program which included work with audiovisual or related electronic equipment, may be substituted for six months of the experience described in ""2"" above. College education above an associate degree including the 12 specialty credits, but
less than a baccalaureate degree including the 24 specialty credits, can be substituted for experience on the following basis: 5 college credits including 1 specialty credit, can be substituted for 1 month
of experience.