Troubleshoots and resolves problems and issues that may include responding day or night to death scene locations for on-scene investigation; driving a County vehicle to locations throughout Tarrant County when performing County business; traveling by any means necessary to conduct investigations and perform duties in areas of difficult accessibility, limited visibility and mobility, or adverse conditions; assuming control of and responsibility at crime scenes or other locations by coordinating and directing duties with patrol officers and crime scene officers; establishing identity of a deceased person; performing thorough investigations into the circumstances of a death; examining the body of the decedent and scene surroundings; assessing for signs of death and environmental variables; taking custody of money, valuables, and other property; listing and receipting personal property and evidence; arranging for removal of bodies to the morgue; being responsible for recognizing and preserving physical evidence, drugs, medical devices, related paraphernalia, and trace evidence and coordinating handling and collection of same with departmental criminalists or officers of other agencies; and using field photography, measuring, and other scene investigation tools as required. While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to bend, be exposed to burns, carry, climb, climb ladders, climb stairs, crawl, enter confined spaces, be exposed to electrical hazards, grasp/squeeze, use hand tools, use hazardous machinery, hear, tolerate hot and cold inside temperatures, keyboard, kneel, lift below the waist, lift between waist and shoulder, lift overhead, tolerate noise, tolerate hot and cold outside temperatures, pull, push, be exposed to radiation, reach, reach overhead, perform repetitive tasks, negotiate rough or uneven surfaces, see color, see far and near, sit, negotiate slippery surfaces, be exposed to solvents, squat, stand, stoop, talk, twist, use his/her hands, drive a vehicle, be exposed to vibration, walk, walk on an incline, use wide hand spread, work at heights, work alone and with others, and work overtime.