Crime Intelligence Analyst

The Crime Intelligence Analyst interprets data and provides crucial information on criminal activity, crime trends and problems, and patterns to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of Police Department resources, resulting in a safer community. Under the supervision of the Intelligence Led Policing Manager, the Crime Intelligence Analyst is innovative and uses a multitude of extraction methods to provide a 360-degree analysis of data for the superior situational awareness including based on spatial analysis (dealing with geographic locations), temporal analysis (dealing with time frames), and modus operandi (dealing with criminal behavior).

• Uses crime data, intelligence and knowledge of police programs and patrol activities to identify opportunities for proactive policing efforts and effective resource allocation
• Analyzes police incident reports to determine the type of crime, suspect(s) description, geographical location, time of occurrence, method of operation, vehicles and type of stolen property in support of patrol and investigative activities
• Runs criminal history checks on subjects who were field interviewed by officers and people arrested for criminal activity
• Prepares and disseminates actionable intelligence reports and crime bulletins both internally and externally in a timely and understandable format either orally or in writing/electronically
• Provides recommendations or strategies to be used for apprehending criminals in the form of directed patrol recommendations; extra surveillance, stakeouts, etc.
• Participates in the investigative process through analytical examination of data and intelligence, preparing demonstrative evidence products for court as needed, and identifying case linkages in support of successful prosecution
• Presents crime analysis related intelligence in an effective format by using Geographic Information System (GIS) to plot areas of criminal activity, calls for service, incident report locations and/or accidents
• Prepares for and actively participates in briefings for command staff, road patrol, and investigative personnel as needed
• Responds to personnel requests for tactical, administrative and strategic analysis to include area analysis studies, background studies, statistical information, and any other studies on demand
• Coordinates and participates in regional intelligence meetings
• Identifies and monitors prolific offender activities
• Conducts open-source research and data analysis of social media for potential criminal activity and/or threats to the community
• Forecasts crime sprees and communicates findings to direct proactive patrol efforts
• Reviews video evidence
• Highlights active warrants and repeat offenders for operational personnel
• Monitors pawnshop activity and online resources for evidence/stolen property, provides analysis of possible flow of stolen property
• Participates in Intelligence Led Policing efforts
• Supports crime prevention officers in meetings with community groups and other City agencies
• Keeps abreast of criminal investigative techniques and the Department's reporting procedures through maintaining a close working relationship with officers and investigators
• Routinely confers and collaborates with other Crime Intelligence Analysts within the Department and within the region to discuss, determine, review and identify crime trends, series and patterns and to resolve problems

• Crime analysis theory, principles, practices, and methods of crime analysis and criminal behavior theories
• Standards and methods of statistics, and of research techniques for statistical analysis
• Criminal patterns and their identification
• Department policy and criminal investigation techniques.

• Use of departmental computer applications
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Microsoft Office Suite (most current version)
• Open-source researching techniques
• Departmental reporting systems
• Statistical data analysis

• Acquiring and maintaining general knowledge of department policy
• Understanding criminal investigation techniques
• Extracting pertinent information from police systems and open sources
• Prioritizing tasks and maintaining accurate, detailed records
• Clear and concise communication, both orally and in writing
• Communicate clearly, concisely and respectfully, both orally and in writing, with law enforcement personnel and the public.

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in statistics, crime or intelligence analysis, criminology, research methodology, or other closely related field; OR
• An associate degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in statistics, crime or intelligence analysis, criminology, research methodology, or other closely related field AND
• (2) years of experience collecting and analyzing data and/or intelligence in a law enforcement environment.

Additional experience is accepted as a minimum requirement in lieu of the postsecondary degree on the following basis: additional four (4) years in lieu of the…