Police Criminal Intelligence Analyst

About Red Deer:

Red Deer sits at the heart of Central Alberta along the QEII corridor, perfectly positioned between Calgary and Edmonton. With more than 100,000 residents and a regional reach of over 300,000, it’s a growing hub for business, services, and opportunity.

Here, big-city amenities meet small-city ease. Enjoy abundant parks and trails, vibrant arts and culture, excellent recreation and education, and a strong sense of community.

With easy access to lakes, outdoor adventures, and the mountains, plus a thriving economy and high quality of life, Red Deer is an inviting place to live, work, and grow.

The City of Red Deer is a dynamic municipal organization with a $480M operating budget, a $60M capital program, and a workforce of nearly 1,700 employees. It is focused on growing with purpose by attracting talented, community-minded people who want to make a difference.

Guided by the vision “Our City, One Voice,” Red Deer is building a thriving, inclusive, and connected community, with priorities centered on a vibrant economy, community wellbeing, and strong engagement.

At its core, the City values its people, embracing diverse perspectives and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and shared success

The City of Red Deer is hiring a Police Criminal Intelligence Analyst to fill a full time, term position. The primary function of this position, through tactical and strategic analysis is to produce, prepare and disseminate a variety of information relevant to actual or anticipated local criminal activity in order to increase operational effectiveness, prevent crime and apprehend suspects. The position also provides assistance for Policing Services strategic planning by identifying, gathering and preparing information related to statistics, demographics and projections.

Provides mentorship and direction to less experienced Analysts when required.

• Provide analytical support as authorized by The City of Red Deer in collaboration with the RCMP
• Analyze statistics and other information, cross reference, identify and make recommendations regarding possible individuals or criminal networks that pose a significant threat to the community at large or to officer safety.
• Prepare highly-effective briefs, reports, statistics, and other communication material to make recommendations with supporting evidence for the purpose of identifying or illuminating the profile of criminal individuals or networks.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships and a network of sources and contacts (e.g., other RCMP detachments, other municipal police forces and national security groups) to facilitate the appropriate exchange of information and intelligence across jurisdictional boundaries with the end-product being more frequent criminal or threat-identification.
• Research, develop, implement and support the Crime Reduction Programs operated within The City of Red Deer. Examples of such programs are, but not limited to:
  Hot Spot Analysis, Identification and addresses of prolific offenders, areas for targeted enforcement and proactive patrols.
• Represent the Red Deer City Detachment as an expert resource by preparing and/or conducting presentations and lectures at seminars, conferences and training courses.
• Mentors and provides direction to less experience Analysts.
• As a Worker, participate in, support, and comply with the City’s Health and Safety program and initiatives (e.g., training, inspections, meetings, hazard assessments, incident reporting, emergency drills), policies and procedures (including any applicable and adopted industry best practices and the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations and Code).