Principal Crime Analyst - Lowell, United States - City Of Lowell

City Of Lowell

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Lowell, United States

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City of Lowell

Police Department

Principal Crime Analyst

Job Title:
Principal Crime Analyst (1100-DH06, J#6314, 3784)

Department:
Police Department

Reports To:
Supervisor in charge of Crime Analysis

Salary:
$58, min) to $68, max) annual

Union:
Ordinance, non-union

Schedule: 35 hours per week

SUMMARY Performs extensive quantitative and qualitative research on a wide range of crime related issues.

The Analyst will work in partnership with Sector Commanders, Patrol, and District Response Officers to identify problem places and/or people for the Case of Places strategy.

The Analyst will be responsible Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment (SARA) relative to these high-crime places or crime generating people.

The Analyst will be responsible for the documentation, database management, and dissemination of all crime information in their area of responsibility.

Tactical Analysis will be the primary focus of this position, directed towards the development of patrol priorities and deployment of resources.

The Analyst will consistently conduct temporal and spatial analysis of Calls, Incident and Arrest data. Analysts will in addition contribute to the grant writing process and perform related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may

be assigned.

Ability to identify existing/evolving crime patterns; increase cases cleared by arrest;

provide operational data for patrol; furnish support data to crime prevention and

community policing initiatives and provide trend data for planning and budgeting.

Obtain an understanding of the social, crime and demographic data on the citywide,

community and street levels.

Assess, design and/or acquire progressive crime/information gathering, tracking and

analytical tools.

Utilize Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), incident, and arrest data for daily, weekly,

monthly, quarterly, and annual crime reports. Review daily crime information (including

active warrants, corrections release and parole hearing information) and prepare crime

bulletins.

Ability to conduct spatial and temporal analysis of crime data in order to determine time ofday and dayofweek probabilities.
Working knowledge of GIS software (ArcView). Ability to conduct hotspot and nearest

neighbor analysis for the detection of crime concentrations. Employ descriptive and

inferential statistical models within a GIS context.

Develop and employ quality control measures for report completeness and accuracy.
Brief Command Staff on a biweekly basis during Compstat meetings: a forum for the

provision of accurate and timely crime data, the design of effective tactics, the

coordination and deployment of resources, and rigorous follow-up and assessment.

Ability to present data to various city organizations and units within the department.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty

satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

The position requires experience in the data analysis, problem solving, research methods, theory, and statistics, preferably in a law enforcement capacity, including the ability to conduct complex statistical and analytical studies.

The analyst must be able to analyze data, develop and deliver presentations, write reports, research and work independently, think objectively, have good interpersonal skills, and exhibit sound and accurate judgement.

The position further requires excellent communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as well as the ability to work with and display sensitivity towards diverse groups of people.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

A Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Computer Science, Math or

closely related field required. Four years of experience with law enforcement is preferred.

A Certified Crime and Intelligence Analyst is preferred. Extensive knowledge of social research

methods geared to the design of research formats, including how to sample, collect and code data

on different issues, manage databases, develop and coordinate research phases and conduct

quantitative and statistical analysis on collected data. Extensive experience in using Microsoft

Word, Excel, Access and SPSS for Windows software; working knowledge of GIS software.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance

instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers,

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