Evidence & Custody Officer

Role Summary

The Evidence & Custody Officer keeps the record straight and sealed — the custody chain behind every field exhibit, surveillance product, and kompromat package the Directorate holds. The role enforces collection, sealing, hashing, and retention standards so evidence holds up internally and never surfaces where it could be attributed, and maintains the firewall so nothing crosses the Halcyon ledger. The officer's job is not to disclose evidence — it is to make sure it can be produced, or buried, exactly when the Directorate chooses.

Key Responsibilities

1. Receive, seal, hash, and log field exhibits, surveillance products, and kompromat into custody under closed reference.
2. Enforce chain-of-custody, retention, and integrity standards so no exhibit can be challenged or attributed.
3. Maintain the sealed kompromat and disclosure-risk custody trail under restricted reference.
4. Hold the firewall so no exhibit crosses the Halcyon ledger or public-facing infrastructure.
5. Support Legal on authorization files, deniability memos, and the whistleblower-containment record.
6. Run the retention schedule, producing or destroying material only on authorized instruction.

Required Qualifications

• Records, evidence, or legal-custody background.
• Working knowledge of chain-of-custody, hashing, and retention practice.
• Absolute integrity and compartmentation discipline.
• Meticulous, defensible recordkeeping.

Preferred Qualifications

• Forensic-custody or secure-records experience.
• Cryptographic-sealing and integrity-verification background.
• Familiarity with the PANACEA sealed-intake pipeline.

Certifications & Clearances

Curricula are delivered through the Training Academy; currency is tracked on the HR training matrix.

Hazard & Safety

Compensation

L-3 legal band with restricted-custody uplift and full medical.

Career Path

Advances to Records & Custody Lead (L-4); restricted track, no public lateral.