A professional who conducts investigations to locate, arrest, and return fugitives and persons wanted for nonpayment of support payments and unemployment insurance compensation fraud, and to locate missing persons. Respnsibilities include:

• Reviews files and criminal records to develop possible leads, such as previous addresses and aliases.
• Contacts employers, neighbors, relatives, law enforcement agencies, and other persons to locate person sought.
• Obtains necessary legal documents, such as warrants or extradition papers, to bring about return of fugitive.
• Serves warrants and makes arrests to return persons sought.
• Examines medical and dental x rays, fingerprints, and other information to identify bodies held in morgue.
• Completes reports to document information acquired and actions taken.
• Testifies in court to present evidence regarding cases.