Data Scientist - Non-Merit - Police Department

Baltimore County • Towson, MD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a non-merit position within the Police Department, Criminal Investigation Bureau. Non-merit positions are not classified within the Baltimore County Government Classification and Compensation Plan. The role involves conducting tactical crime analysis, strategic crime analysis, and/or intelligence analysis to support police operations, deployments, initiatives, planned events, and unplanned events in the Criminal Intelligence Section. The position requires analyzing police and non-police data to disseminate intelligence products related to criminal activity, crime trends, series, and patterns using spatial and temporal analysis, as well as modus operandi. It also involves developing and disseminating various intelligence products such as Crime Maps, Intelligence Bulletins, Threat Assessments, and Crime Forecasts. The Data Scientist will prepare oral briefings and written reports with supporting materials like charts, tables, graphs, and maps, and develop recommendations and forecasts for Command Staff and field supervisors to evaluate enforcement priorities and intelligence operations. Additionally, the role includes performing sophisticated analysis of specific crimes to aid in tactical crime suppression and prevention activities, developing SQL queries and SSRS reports for analysis, writing queries from SQL databases and Motorola Premier One, developing PowerBI Dashboards, and managing intelligence data using iBase to uncover networks, patterns, and trends from structured and unstructured data. The position also utilizes criminal intelligence processes to identify criminal activity, monitor open sources for threats, prioritize targets, link individuals to groups, find linkages between criminal networks, and establish intelligence requirements. Tactical analysis includes disseminating situational awareness bulletins and post car alerts, distinguishing between patterns, series, and trends, developing risk-terrain models, harm models, and spatial data models, and analyzing police data to identify and forecast patterns, series, and trends in criminal activity.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree that included one course in quantitative methods and three additional courses in research methods, computer programming, Geographic Information Science, Crime Analysis, Intelligence Analysis, Crime Science, quantitative methods and/or a related field, PLUS two years of prior work experience as a law enforcement analyst or public health analyst.
• OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree that included one course in quantitative methods and three additional courses in research methods, computer programming, Geographic Information Science, Crime Analysis, Intelligence Analysis, Crime Science, quantitative methods and/or a related field, PLUS five years of prior work experience as a law enforcement analyst or public health analyst.
• Applicants must include the dates of the promotions and reclassifications.
• Applicants selected for an interview may provide a resume at that time.
• You MUST attach your transcript(s) and/or certification(s)/license(s) to your application.
• Proof of license(s), certification(s), and/or education must be submitted with each application.
• Applicants must be of good moral character and emotionally stable, as determined by a comprehensive background investigation and drug test.
• Applicants selected for employment with Baltimore County must successfully complete a physical examination, drug screening and employment investigation, including, but not limited to criminal background, education certification and fingerprinting checks.

Nice To Haves

• Work related experience with ArcGIS (Spatial Analyst), Microsoft Report Builder, i2 Analyst’s Notebook, SQL Queries, Rigel Geographic Profiling, Tactical Crime Analysis, and Criminal Intelligence Analysis.
• Possession of a valid driver's license equivalent to a non-commercial Class C Maryland driver's license is preferred at the time of appointment.
• IACA Crime Analyst Certification, IALEA Intelligence Analyst Certification are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conducts tactical crime analysis, strategic crime analysis and/or intelligence analysis in support of specific police operations, deployments, initiatives, planned events and/or unplanned events in the Criminal Intelligence Section.
• Analyzes police and non-police data to disseminate intelligence products relating to criminal activity, crime trends, crime series and crime patterns based on spatial analysis, temporal analysis, and modus operandi.
• Conducts analysis to develop, write, and disseminate Crime Maps, Intelligence Bulletins, Threat Assessments, Intelligence Assessments, Crime Forecasts, Post Car Alerts, Open Source analysis, Social Network Analysis, Telephone Toll Analysis, etc.
• Prepares oral briefings, written reports, and/or supporting and illustrative material in the form of charts, tables, graphs, maps and develops recommendations and forecasts in a detailed factual format to be used by Command Staff and field supervisors in order to evaluate enforcement priorities and intelligence operations.
• Performs sophisticated analysis of specific crimes to aid in instituting tactical crime suppression and prevention activities.
• Develops SQL queries and SSRS reports in order to conduct analysis of crime patterns, series and trends.
• Writes queries from SQL databases and Motorola Premier One for the purpose of conducting tactical crime analysis and/or intelligence analysis.
• Develops PowerBI Dashboards to monitor emerging crime patterns and trends, and forecast patterns and trends.
• Conducts intelligence data management to capture, control, and analyze multi-source intelligence data using iBase.
• Discovers and uncovers networks, patterns and trends using complex structured and unstructured data.
• Uses criminal intelligence processes to identify criminal activity including telephone toll pattern detection, suspect-crime correlations, and target-suspect profiles; prepare deployments, charts and maps for patrol, and command staff.
• Monitors open sources for potential criminal activity and/or threats to the community.
• Prioritizes targets, link individuals to groups, find linkages between criminal networks and establish intelligence requirements to keep investigative units on track with the goals and objectives of executive command staff and the Chief.
• Disseminates situational awareness bulletins and post car alerts for patrol officers based on analysis of short-term crime trends.
• Distinguishes between patterns, series and trends to help guide patrol responses.
• Develops risk-terrain models, harm models and spatial data models to inform patrol deployments and evaluate patrol deployments.
• Analyzes police data to identify and forecast patterns, series, and trends in criminal activity.

Benefits

• Flexible, rotating schedule including evenings and weekend shifts.
• Essential employee status may require employee to work in the office during natural or man-made disasters, critical incidents or incident management activations.
• Ability to identify and distinguish color.

What This Job Offers

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