Media Services Technician Level I

***Applicants must be permanent in the Media Services Technician title or on the list for exam#3088 to be considered.***

The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law preserve peace protect the people reduce fear and maintain order. The NYPD strives to foster a safe and fair city by incorporating Neighborhood Policing into all facets of Department operations and solve the problems that create crime and disorder through an interdependent relationship between the people and its police and by pioneering strategic innovation.

The Legal Bureau serves as inhouse counsel to the Department and assists members of the service in interpreting local state and federal laws. The Bureau represents the Department in a variety of civil matters produces records and video footage to external oversight bodies and for litigation reviews and negotiates complex contracts and memoranda of understanding and assesses Department policies practices procedures and forms for legal sufficiency and conformance with the law.

The Legal Bureaus BodyWorn Camera Unit evaluates legal issues when dealing with bodyworn camera video releases to various outlets. The Unit searches reviews and conducts preliminary investigations related to video footage request and applies appropriate redactions to footage where necessary. The Unit is responsible for producing footage in response to requests from governmental agencies Freedom of Information Law requests and in matters related to criminal and civil discovery.

The Legal Bureaus BodyWorn Camera Unit handles requests for footage from various governmental agencies Freedom of Information Law requests as well as matters related to criminal and civil discovery. Under this posting media service technicians will be assigned to the Legal Bureaus Body Worn Camera Unit to search NYPD applications to locate responsive footage for requests submitted by the various agencies mentioned above. This search includes tagging all responsive footage creating a case to share the footage as well as completing necessary paperwork documenting this search. Media service technicians will also be assigned Freedom of Information Law requests where they will be asked to search for and locate footage responsive to any given request as well as to review said footage for necessary redactions or in certain cases will receive specific notations on redactions that need to be made. In either scenario the technicians will be responsible for applying appropriate redactions and edits to such footage in accordance with all applicable laws and Department policies as well as download and make copies of responsive footage in any given case to ensure its proper production. Technicians may also be responsible for performing such tasks in response to requests for criminal discovery from local and federal prosecutors in compliance with relevant discovery rules as well as related to civil discovery matters.


Work Location: 375 Pearl Street New York NY


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

In compliance with federal Law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

The City of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26 union benefits such as dental and vision coverage paid annual leave and sick leave paid holidays a pension and optional savings and pretax programs such as Deferred Compensation IRA and a flexible spending account.

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 fulltime experience operating maintaining and repairing audiovisual 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 States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and two years of satisfactory fulltime experience as described
in 2 above; or

4. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and three years of satisfactory fulltime
experience as described in 2above; or

5. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to 123 or 4 above. However all candidates must have a fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent. Two years
of certified experience as a member of a high school audiovisual squad or one year of workstudy 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.

Driver License Requirement: By the time you are appointed to this position you must have a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime