Judicial Police Officer Specialising in the Legal Field

Following a political and strategic will to strengthen the fight against economic and organised crime, the Financial Brigade of the Vaud Security Police, in collaboration with the Public Prosecutor's Office, is setting up a criminal asset seizure group. This group will be tasked with intensifying the patrimonial confiscation of values fraudulently acquired by conducting its own investigations and supporting other brigades of the Vaud Security Police and the Prosecutors of the Public Prosecutor's Office (PPO).

As a specialised judicial police officer (JPO) in criminal law/procedure, you will participate in investigations and operations against economic crime, write reports and take part in hearings. You will provide administrative and legal support to investigators and magistrates, propose and implement solutions for the seizure and confiscation of criminal assets. You will also participate in the training of investigators and magistrates in your area of expertise.

By joining the Vaud Cantonal Police, you contribute to a public service committed to serving its population, ensuring their safety and maintaining social cohesion.

• Analyse investigation information and present it in a relevant form for judicial purposes.
• Provide administrative and legal support to investigators and magistrates in the fight against economic crime and the seizure of criminal assets.
• As a delegated JPO, write and sign reports attached to the judicial file, conduct hearings, participate in police operations and letters rogatory.
• Detect, develop and propose concepts for new investigative methods against economic crime and the seizure of criminal assets.
• Provide legal support to police officers and collaborate closely with the PPO in complex cases.
• Contribute to close relations and ongoing liaison with the School of Criminal Sciences and the Faculty of Law at UNIL, EPFL, HEIG-VD and/or other reference schools/institutions in the legal and economic fields.
• Contribute to legal monitoring related to financial law, banking law, tax law, economic criminal law and economic analysis of law.
• Participate, in collaboration with the management of the financial brigade and the PPO, in setting up a specialised group for the seizure of criminal assets and actively work within it once established.
• Provide training related to your specialisation to actors in the criminal justice chain.
• Perform on-call duties during the week, weekends and public holidays.
• Equipped with personal safety equipment, except firearms.

For further information, please consult the job description by clicking here or contact Mr BIERI, head of the financial brigade, at 021 338 04 15.

Additional information about the activities of the Vaud Cantonal Police can be found at: www.policier.ch

• Master's level education in criminal law and/or criminal procedure
• CAS, DAS, MAS relevant to the role (criminal prosecution, judicial administration) desired.
• Degree in economic crime or equivalent qualification desired.
• Experience in the legal, criminal and/or criminal procedure field.
• Good knowledge of economic, financial and commercial matters.
• Excellent writing skills and good knowledge of computer programmes.
• Sense of responsibility and public service ethics, adaptability and flexibility.
• Spirit of mutual aid and collaboration.
• Analytical and synthesis skills.
• Stress resistance and discretion.
• Driving licence (category B), with obligation to make private vehicle available for service.
• Residence radius: maximum 45 minutes from workplace.
• Swiss citizen or in the process of naturalisation.

Our employment conditions require that you have no pending prosecutions or bankruptcy proceedings. There is a right to consult the criminal record under the Federal Act on the Criminal Record by the hiring authority for this position.

Please send your complete application (in a single PDF file).

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