Management Analyst

Date Opened:
Monday, January 05, 2026 12:00 AMClose Date:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 12:00 AM Department:
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Salary: $68,455.00 - $85,569.00 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 Crime Analysis & Data Analytics Division of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is a support unit responsible for continually leveraging technology and employing a set of systematic, analytical processes to provide timely, targeted information related to crime patterns and trends. The division supports a department of over 2,000 employees responsible for a jurisdiction of over 400 square miles and 1,000,000 citizens.

Staff members provide direct information and intelligence support to patrol operations, investigations, and specialized units for use in planning the deployment of resources aimed at reducing, preventing, and solving crimes.
This position’s primary responsibility is directly related to the analysis of data for the purpose of providing decision support mechanisms to police personnel. Applicants must be able to perform research related to criminal activity; assist in analyzing data from a variety of data sources in an effort to identify suspects, generate leads, and evaluate and report on crime series, trends and patterns;

assist in preparing crime summaries, statistical reports, spreadsheets, charts and diagrams; present findings to both internal and external audiences; and perform a variety of specialized studies.
** Major

Duties and Responsibilities:

*** Using crime analysis software provided, conduct research and strategic crime analysis to identify crime patterns and trends; analyze long term crime patterns and trends; forecast future criminal activity.
* Actively participate in accountability review sessions, providing analysis and findings in a format that allows for its assessment by command staff.
* Prepare a variety of reports such as crime and intelligence bulletins for immediate use within patrol and investigative divisions to support crime reduction efforts.
* Develop comprehensive victim and suspect profiles (including vehicles, addresses, associates).
* Support problem-solving efforts by utilizing the SARA model to assist in long term crime reduction efforts.
* Respond to ad-hoc requests for data and reports from all levels of the department, other agencies, the media, and citizens with statistical summaries and reports.
* Compile and analyze findings, make interpretations then write comprehensive reports based on data; use these findings to help identify information gaps and future collection requirements.
* Attend briefings/meetings within patrol and investigative divisions to collaborate on crime series and trends, wanted suspects, and major cases.  Share information gleaned at such meetings as relevant to department personnel for increased awareness, response planning or investigative support.
* Attend regional meetings of crime analysis professionals to share information on crime patterns, new methodologies, and developing tools.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
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* Minimum Qualifications:

*** BS/BA from an accredited college or university and major course work with an emphasis in criminal justice, geography, mathematics, or related field. Candidate must have both technical skills and strong critical thinking skills.
* US citizenship
* Have and maintain…