BY: JONATHAN STEFFEN AND SKYLER HELLER

  TAKE MANY PICTURES OF CRIME SCENES DISPLAYING AN ACCURATE VISUAL RECORD OF AN ACCIDENT OR CRIME SCENE.  CALLED UPON IN COURT TO HELP SHOW WHAT HAPPENED  WORK FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, CORONER’S OFFICE, OR SHERRIF’S DEPARTMENT. JOB DESCRIPTION

  TAKE PHOTOS OF CRIME SCENES  SHOW UP IN COURT WITH VISUAL INFORMATION  TAKE PICTURES OF MAIL AND NEWSPAPERS TO HELP ESTABLISH DATE OF DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM THE PERSEPCETIVE OF WITNESSES AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME TASK LIST

  TRAVEL TO CRIME SCENES AT ALL HOURS  GET CALLED TO ANY CRIME SCENES  TAKE PICTURES OF VULGAR SCENARIOS THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH  SHOW UP IN COURT TO HELP COME TO A CONCLUSION ON A CRIME WORKING CONDITIONS

  MORE THAN JUST THE BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS  NEED TO KNOW PRECISELY HOW THE PICTURE THEY TAKE CAN ACCURATELY, OR INACCURATELY, REFLECT THE SCENE, AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS IMERATIVE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

  NO SPECIFIC CERTIFICATE OR DEGREE REQUIRED TO DO THIS JOB  HOWEVER, AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS POSSIBLE IN POLICE WORK, FORENSICS, OR CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION CAN HELP GET THE JOB  CRIMINAL JUSTICE OR FORENSIC SCIENCE DEGREES CAN HELP EDUCTAION/ TRAINING

  AT LEAST 3 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE  40 HOURS OF CLASSROOM PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES FROM A COLLEGE OR ACADEMIES  FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE HELPS EDUCATION/ TRAINING

  ESTIMATED AT AROUND $49,000 PER YEAR IN NEW YORK ON AVERAGE  A NATIONAL AVERAGE OF $42,000 WAGES IN OUR AREA

  MOVING TO SUPERVISOR IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT  OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY JOBS CAREER PATH

  MANY WAYS TO GET THE JOB- EITHER FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SEVERAL YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING  ON THE JOB TRAINING NEEDED TO PERFECT WHAT KIND OF PICTURES WILL BE NEEDED  CALLED TO COURT TO HELP DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF A CRIME INTERESTING FACTS

  DO RESEARCH ON THE DEPARTMENT YOU ARE APPLYING TO  KNOW THE AREA SUMMARIZE INTERVIEW