Job Description

Description

Summary

Crime analysts identify patterns and gather helpful data that can be used to help police command personnel and better allocate their police officers, detectives, and other assets. Crime analysts play a very important role in helping detectives and investigators solve crimes. By looking at police reports, data, and trends, they can gather important clues, such as methods and motives, that can lead to the identification of a suspect.
Distinguishing Career Features

Analysists are non-sworn members of a law enforcement department. Work is performed under the general direction of a Police Lieutenant, or other sworn police employee, with allowance for independent initiative, and latitude for selection of methods and procedures. Work performance is reviewed through conferences, reports, and results achieved. May be assigned to a designated work shift depending on the needs of the city.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify patterns and gather helpful data that can be used to help police command personnel and better allocate police officers, detectives, and other assets.
• Helping detectives and investigators solve crimes, by looking at police reports, data and trends they can gather important clues, such as methos and motives, that can lead to the identification of a suspect.
• Using a variety of resources, including crime mapping technology, computer-aided dispatch, police reports, and contacts with other professionals in the area and other country.
• Looking for trends and to provide answers to issues puzzling police in real time. This, in turn, helps law enforcement better prepare.
• Locating times and areas where a particular crime or a range of criminal activity is occurring. Identification of these areas, called hot spots, helps law enforcement plan their manpower needs, pinpointing when and where police officers should patrol in order to maximize their effectiveness.
• Gathering and analyzing crime statistics and producing reports.
• Developing intelligence, advising Police Chief, Assistant Police Chief and Police Lieutenants, and identifying criminal trends, including emerging problems. Researches long-term problems and presents response strategies.
• Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position.

Job Tags

Shift work

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