Crime Analyst III - Crime Analysis & Intelligence Division

Position Summary

This advanced crime analyst role focuses on identifying crime patterns and providing actionable intelligence to optimize resource allocation for law enforcement operations. It demands strong technical expertise, independent judgment, and mentoring capabilities, building upon the skills of lower-level analyst roles.

Key Duties

• Create crime maps and perform spatial analyses of crime data using GIS and real-time sources.
• Detect spatial and temporal crime trends across the county.
• Provide timely, accurate analyses to support resource deployment and enhance case clearance rates.
• Analyze offenders' methods and establish timelines to correlate suspects to crimes, aiding surveillance and patrol targeting.
• Generate visual materials such as maps and charts illustrating crime trends and contributing factors.
• Leverage extensive agency knowledge to liaise across departments, attend briefings, and support investigative efforts.
• Identify crime series locally and across jurisdictions, recommending investigative approaches and promoting inter-agency information exchange.
• Supply actionable intelligence on past, current, and projected crimes and patterns.
• Coordinate data sharing and analysis efforts among analysts and investigators regionally.
• Retrieve and scrutinize diverse crime and operational data including arrests and calls for service.
• Maintain and cross-reference databases on stolen property and known offenders.
• Conduct tactical crime analysis to pinpoint current crime hotspots and produce bulletins and action plans.
• Forecast criminal activity trends using computer-driven analyses.
• Develop and disseminate comprehensive crime pattern and trend intelligence to operational units.
• Advise command staff on using analytical products to support intelligence-led policing and decision-making.
• Prepare various crime bulletins and recommend strategic measures against identified crime patterns.
• Construct statistical resources aiding proactive investigations, enforcement, and identification of crime organizations.
• Perform resource allocation, budgetary and staffing studies; conduct beat reconfiguration and research projects.
• Compile statistics and produce annual departmental reports for decision-makers and forums.
• Analyze crime and operational data for trends, staffing, and budget optimization.
• Conduct cost analyses and assess staffing expenses related to crime reduction.
• Train agency, county personnel, and external groups on crime analysis methods.
• Ensure compliance with legal, judicial, and accreditation standards governing crime analysis.
• Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of crime analysis services, providing feedback and program assessments.
• Draft policies, procedures, and standard operating orders related to crime analysis.
• Develop strategic plans assisting management with resource deployment against criminal activity.
• Collect and analyze criminal intelligence using advanced methods, highlighting trends and forecasting hotspots.
• Identify and prioritize problem areas and offenders, recommending strategies for special teams.
• Engage with community groups and represent the department in educational and partnership activities.
• Handle intelligence management, including threat assessment, data organization, and producing analytical reports and visualizations.
• Facilitate interstate and intrastate information exchange concerning criminal activity.
• Analyze organized crime structures and operations, preparing complex analytic charts.
• Support investigative strategies by analyzing criminal intelligence vulnerabilities and capabilities.
• Provide expert testimony in court regarding analytical methodologies and results.
• Maintain comprehensive reports featuring both classified and unclassified intelligence.
• Advise on complex intelligence issues, focusing on local to international criminal investigations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in fields such as Computer Science, Data Analytics, Criminal Justice, GIS, or related, plus two years of crime analyst experience demonstrating Level II duties; or
• Bachelor's degree in related subjects with four years of progressive analytical experience, including at least three in crime or intelligence analysis within law enforcement environments, and one year in leadership roles.

Directly related analytical experience involves data collection, validation, research, mapping, and reporting supporting operational and investigative decisions. General law enforcement experience alone is insufficient.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced crime analysis and intelligence-led policing methodologies encompassing tactical, strategic, administrative, and intelligence approaches.
• GIS and spatial analysis tools and principles, including live data integration.
• Criminal intelligence techniques such as link and network analysis, telephone toll analysis, and pattern recognition.
• Statistical methods for analysis, correlation, and forecasting trends.
• Familiarity with law enforcement databases, CAD, and RMS systems.
• Legal standards pertaining to criminal data handling and accreditation compliance.
• Resource allocation, budgeting, and beat reconfiguration principles.
• Research design, data verification, and hypothesis testing methods.

Technical Proficiencies

• Ability to independently conduct comprehensive analyses and develop finished analytical products.
• Creation of advanced visual products including crime maps, spatial analyses, and link charts.
• Proficiency in analytical software such as ArcGIS, i2 Analyst's Notebook, Pen-Link, Microsoft Power BI, SQL, and statistical tools.
• Expertise in preparing clear, command-level presentations and reports.
• Coordination skills for multi-agency information sharing.
• Mentorship abilities for junior crime analysts.
• Critical and logical thinking with capability to perform under time constraints.

Additional Capabilities

• Planning and leading analytical projects with minimal supervision.
• Interpreting complex datasets to identify criminal patterns and intelligence insights.
• Delivering courtroom testimony as an expert witness.
• Training personnel and external groups in crime analysis techniques and tool use.
• Drafting and reviewing policies and SOPs related to crime analysis.
• Assessing and improving effectiveness of analytical programs.
• Managing multiple high-impact projects under deadlines.
• Handling sensitive information in compliance with legal and policy standards.