SUGGESTED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

(a) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered four  year college or university with a Bachelors Degree AND five (5) years of full-time paid (or the equivalent part-time and/or volunteer) experience as an Investigator/Detective serving with a certified police department, sheriff’s office or other government agency, which must have included gathering evidence and/or assisting in the conducting of criminal investigations and/or prosecutions;  OR

(b) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered two year college with an Associate’s Degree AND seven (7) years of full-time paid (or the equivalent part-time and/or volunteer) experience as an Investigator/Detective serving with a certified police department, sheriff’s office or other government agency, which must have included gathering evidence and/or assisting in the conducting of criminal investigations and/or prosecutions;  OR

(c) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma AND nine (9) years of full-time paid (or the equivalent part-time and/or volunteer) experience as an Investigator/Detective serving with a certified police department, sheriff’s office, or other government agency which must have included gathering evidence and/or assisting in the conducting of criminal investigations and/or prosecutions;  OR

(d) Any combination of training and experience equal to or greater than that described in (a), (b) or (c) above.

Tompkins County is committed to Equity and Inclusion. We encourage those with similar values to apply.