Crime & Intelligence Analyst

City of Chattanooga • Chattanooga, TN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Incumbents in this classification conduct a variety of crime, intelligence, and statistical analyses in support of Police Department activities. A Crime & Intelligence Analyst collects and analyzes data related to crime patterns, crime trends, traffic statistics and human intelligence; assists with administering crime analysis databases and the report management system; assists in monitoring and researching known subjects within the city; assists with creating local, state, and federal statistics for City-wide and in-house reporting requirements; ensures work quality and adherence to established policies and procedures. The Crime & Intelligence Analyst is a stand-alone position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics/Statistics, Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Crime Analysis, or other relevant field
• Two (2) years of experience interpreting and making inferences from statistical information
• Two (2) years of experience building databases
• Two (2) years of experience collecting, organizing and summarizing data to provide usable analyzed information
• Two (2) years of experience in computer programming or any combination of equivalent experience and education.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain eAgent certifications.

Nice To Haves

• Good-standing membership of state and international analysis organizations (Tennessee Association of Law Enforcement Analysts/TALEA and International Association of Crime Analysts/IACA) in order to complete the regular training and certifications needed to maintain adequate knowledge of new and evolving techniques, software, and products in the crime analysis field, facilitate communication with other agencies to promote information sharing and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Collect, collate, and analyze a variety of criminal, statistical, intelligence, economic, geographic, and open source information in support of Department activities, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methodology.
• Utilize diverse sources of information, including calls for service, crime, census, demographic, and open source data.
• Convert large amounts of data into actionable intelligence.
• Provide intelligence to assist in identifying crime problems.
• Forecast criminal trends based on analyses of current and past criminal activity.
• Develop and test these crime prediction and resource allocation statistical models; assist in advising sworn staff of areas of high crime probability.
• Analyze known offenders, MOs, and timelines to perform suspect/crime correlation in order to provide suspect leads and targets for surveillance or directed patrol.
• Develop and prepare charts, graphs, maps, reports, bulletins, and related materials in order to track and present findings related to criminal activity.
• Present analysis to police administrators and City officials.
• Make written and oral presentations using maps, charts and graphs to inform police officers, detectives, investigators, and commanders regarding emerging or existing crime series, patterns, and trends, as well as suspect and victim profiles.
• Establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with sworn personnel, city employees, representatives of other agencies, the media, and the general public.
• Answer inquiries from the public, businesses, community groups, and websites regarding crime activity, trends, and patterns.
• Proactively monitor local, regional, and national crime trends.
• Proactively monitor social media and open sources of information.
• Ensure the accuracy and relevance of all work products and analysis.
• Must meet regular attendance requirements.
• Must be able to maintain good interpersonal relationships with staff, co-workers, managers, and citizens.
• Must accomplish the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• The City of Chattanooga, Tennessee is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level