Crime Analyst

About the City of Tukwila

The City of Tukwila is a dynamic suburb of Seattle, Washington. A unique city, Tukwila, is a diverse community, with more than 80 languages spoken in its schools. Also located in Tukwila is the largest retail mall in the Pacific Northwest. While less than 22,000 people reside in Tukwila, more than 47,000 work in the City every day and more than 150,000 go in and out of the city daily.

The City has 347 FTEs, 90 temporary extra labor and nine labor unions. Tukwila is a full-service city, with its own Police and Public Works department.

The Police Department has 101 FTEs; 77 commissioned and 24 non-commissioned positions. The Tukwila Police Department operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and assists residents and businesses in Tukwila in a variety of ways. To learn more about our Police Department, we encourage you to visit our website

As an involved part of the Tukwila community, our mission is to provide public safety services that are professional, compassionate and transparent. As individuals and teams, we are committed to earning the public's trust with skills, professionalism and collaboration.

• SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
• BUILDING POSITIVE, STRONG TEAMS.
• BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
• GROWING IN COMPETENCY AND EMPATHY.

This position is open to the public. This recruitment will establish an employment list (valid for one year) to fill a current Crime Analyst vacancy within the Tukwila Police Department.

Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness, and responsiveness to the list of qualifications, skills, and abilities. Answers to supplemental questions will assist in determining your eligibility for further consideration. The most competitive candidates may be invited to move forward in the hiring process.

It is a hiring requirement that all staff employed by the Tukwila Police Department successfully pass a thorough background investigations process, which includes fingerprinting, criminal history check, reference checks, polygraph test, and other tests as deemed necessary.

• The Crime Analyst will develop and maintain tactical, strategic, administrative and operational analytic capabilities. Research and reviews data and perform statistical analysis, to include identifying existing or evolving patterns and developing statistic probabilities and profiles. Identifies crime patterns by geographical area, reporting district, time of day, day of week, etc.
• Uses computer databases, electronic spreadsheets, geographic information systems (GIS) applications, desktop publishing, word processing, and statistical applications to manipulate, analyze, and present crime data.
• Analyzes raw crime data and develops recommendations to improve law enforcement effectiveness based on interpretation of patterns and trends in criminal activity.
• Prepare maps, charts, and graphs indicating criminal trends. Also prepares correspondence, reports, spreadsheets, statistical summaries, and other material requiring judgment as to content, accuracy, and completeness.
• Responds to requests and inquiries from the department, other law enforcement agencies, businesses and citizen groups, as approved by administration.
• Provides research and analysis to department personnel in preparation for meetings and information sessions and for development of department policies and programs. Serves as a resource staff member at the request of the Assistant Chief.
• Deliver presentations to police personnel, members of the community, and outside agencies.
• Maintains effective communications with Patrol and Investigative Services divisions.
• Monitors new developments relating to public safety, crime, and reporting issues and evaluates their potential impact on department operations.
• Develops, conducts, and analyzes surveys to provide information on public perception and the effectiveness of the department. May also develop, conduct, and analyze internal employee satisfaction surveys.
• Respond to inter & intra-department requests for information as well as requests from outside agencies.
• May be required to testify in court and travel to crime scenes.
• Becomes familiar with, follows, and actively supports the mission, vision, values, policies and procedures of the Tukwila Police Department.

• Modern law enforcement functions, operations, and practices;
• Laws, ordinances, codes, regulations, and standards applicable to public safety;
• Research principles and methods, to include surveys, quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis;
• Experience with statistical, crime analysis, intelligence analysis, qualitative analysis, data analysis and data collection, presentation, and mapping software

• Knowledge of current best practices in crime, intelligence, business and/or data analysis.
• Statistical analysis and methods of reporting statistical information;

• Relational database and spreadsheet applications…