Brian Marshall & The ROCK 108 Morning Show - "Tucson Police Gig"

The Tucson Police Department is launching a new job where the average civilian could help officers solve crimes.

They're calling the position a professional staff investigator.

And Lieutenant Mark Jimenez talks about the opportunity.

You

know, there's been different things in the media where community members help solve cases.

So we want to get those people want to get that untapped potential.

Once this is all done, they're going to go through a seven week Academy, then they're going to go through 12 weeks of field training.

And then once they're done, their day is going to look very similar to our other detectives.

They'll be able to go to any scene once the scene is safe.

So they won't be first responders.

They won't have a gun.

If they interview a suspect, that person will have to be made completely safe and they'll have a sworn officer with him.

Qualifications must have played the game of Clue at least 10 times.