Police Property Manager

Date Opened: Thursday, April 09, 2026 12:00 AM

Close Date: Sunday, April 19, 2026 12:00 AM

Department: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Salary: $79,245.00 - $99,057.00 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

The Police Property Control Manager is a key member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Leadership team directly responsible for leading and managing the Department’s Property & Evidence functions. Under general direction from the Deputy Chief or a designee the position is directly responsible for leading and managing all aspects of the Department’s Property & Evidence functions.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that all evidence and found property is received, stored, and disposed of according to CMPD policies and procedures
• Ensuring that employees are utilizing the electronic Property Management System (PLIMS) properly, to verify that items are in the proper location and are handled according to their disposition status. This will include routine audits and other quality control measures
• Supervising multiple employees to include coaching, mentoring, performance appraisal, discipline, training, scheduling, and other duties
• Plans, directs and coordinates the inventory of evidence using a bar code system. Determines and established performance goals and targets for assigned functions; prepares and supervises work program.
•  Supporting any issues in Property Control and division office evidence pick-up locations during business and non-business hours
• Ensuring that daily evidence pick-ups are completed and the division offices are properly stocked and maintained
• Conducting special projects and tasks at the direction of Division and Bureau managers.
• Ensuring that both they and their employees provide excellent customer service both internally and externally
• Responding for after-hours call back as directed
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Graduate or equivalent with at least nine (9) years of related experience
• OR Associate’s Degree and seven (7) years of experience
• OR Bachelor’s Degree and five (5) years of experience
• OR Master’s Degree and one (1) year of experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with other employees and members of the public
• Ability to analyze administrative problems and to make sound recommendations as to their solutions and to prepare working procedures
• Knowledge of evidence chain of custody, evidence handling procedures and requirements, which may include a basic working knowledge of firearms and firearms safety.

ADA and Other Requirements:

Positions in this class typically require: grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.

Physical Requirements:

• Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting, standing, climbing, or walking for extended periods of time
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying; some crouching, stooping, squatting, crawling, reaching, pushing, and pulling when performing tasks
• Adequate vision, hearing, and speech required.

Sensory Requirements:

• Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual, audio, and other sensory modalities) for proofreading, data entry, tabulating data.
• Ability to operate in an environment with frequent interruptions from people and or noises, which in return could result in some level of stress, fatigue, or strain.
• Comprehensive written information in work-related documents.
• Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed in an indoor office environment with moderate exposure to atmospheric conditions; moderate exposure to environmental conditions (such as officers, community members, victims, etc.); and frequent exposure to computer screens, files and phone. 

Other Requirements:

Successfully complete and pass a pre-employment hearing, vision, and psychological evaluation. Failure to successfully pass all segments of the pre-employment evaluation process will result in disqualification from further consideration under this vacancy announcement.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email Careers@ci.charlotte.nc.us

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternate formats, language access, and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte’s benefits.

The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.