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Legislature sets salary for digital forensic investigator after discussion on local capacity and evidence admissibility
Summary
The Audit & Control Committee approved placing a digital forensic investigator position at Grade 25, moving an IT employee into the role to support local law enforcement and the district attorney's office with digital evidence extraction and authentication.
The Audit & Control Committee approved a resolution to set the salary for a newly classified county position, digital forensic investigator, at Grade 25. The district attorney’s office and county IT officials described the role’s responsibilities and why the county needs an in‑house capability rather than relying on outside vendors.
Jason Schmidt, Chautauqua County District Attorney, told the committee the employee, previously assigned to the sheriff’s office as an IT specialist, had been reclassified after performing data-extraction and evidence-enhancement work.…
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