Civilian Traffic Investigator

The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting for a Civilian Traffic Investigator to perform a variety of duties pertaining to the investigation of minor motor vehicle collisions, including writing accident reports, controlling traffic flow, directing traffic and providing crowd control; to perform various administrative support duties.

1. Investigate traffic accidents; initiate proper assistance, including wreckers, ambulances, fire department personnel, and law enforcement.
2. Assist disabled motorists and aid in the removal of abandoned vehicles that obstruct roadways.
3. Provide traffic direction and control at traffic accident scenes, road closures, inoperative or damaged traffic control devices and other situations that necessitate manual traffic direction.
4. Respond to dispatched assignments.
5. Report the location and nature of crimes in progress to the communications center without becoming personally involved.  
6. Move and set up traffic cones, barricades and flares for distances of up to 100 feet to control crowds and traffic at hazard and/or collision scenes.
7. Enter and retrieve data on a computer to locate information on wanted subjects and to check license plate or driver's license information.
8. Maintain assigned vehicles, equipment and supplies, ensuring availability and proper working order.
9. May testify as a witness in court.
10. Perform various administrative support duties.

For a complete job description, click here.Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:
Two years experience requiring recordkeeping, public contact, interpretation of rules and regulations and investigation, preferably for a law enforcement agency. 

Training:
Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.  

LICENSING & CERTIFICATIONS:

Required:
Possession of an appropriate valid driver's license and ability to maintain insurability. Eligible for Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) certification.

Preferred:
CPR certification; First Responder certification.

Per North Carolina Administrative Code – "A conviction of a crime or unlawful act defined as a Class B misdemeanor renders an applicant or certified DCIN user ineligible to become certified as a DCIN user when such conviction is within 10 years of the application date of request for DCIN certification. A conviction of a felony or two or more Class B misdemeanors regardless of the date of conviction renders an applicant or certified DCIN user permanently ineligible to hold such certification."

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• This position is subject to pre-employment polygraph and/or CVSA testing.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• SBI/Fingerprinting Criminal History Record Check Requirement: To comply with Sessions Law 2025-16, applicants offered a position with the City may be subject to a criminal history record check of State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) in accordance with G.S. 143B-1209.26. The City may consider the results of these criminal history record checks in its hiring decisions.

From the time of closing, the selection process is anticipated to last approximately 4 - 6 weeks. The process will consist of a panel interview with the selected candidate being subject to a pre-employment drug screen, background investigation and a driving history check and a polygraph/CVSA examination to be conducted by the Police Department.