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Job Description
Job Summary
The City of Greenville is looking for a Crime Analyst II in our Police Department! Under general supervision of the Assistant Chief of Police, this position is responsible for research and analysis of complex law enforcement data; identification and interpretation of criminal activity, patterns, and trends; and forecasting trends to aid in staffing and deployment of police personnel.
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Examples of Duties- Conduct research and strategic crime analysis to identify crime patterns and trends; analyzes long term crime patterns and trends using probability studies and complex statistical analyses such as random samplings, correlation, and regression analysis; develops and tests hypotheses; develops victim and suspect profiles (e.g. physical or vehicle description profiles); forecasts future criminal activity;
- Prepare strategic action plans; assists operations and management personnel in planning the deployment of resources for the prevention and suppression of criminal activity;
- Create written and oral presentations, using charts and graphs, to inform police officers, detectives, investigators, and commanders of emerging or existing crime series, patterns, and trends, as well as suspect and victim profiles;
- Conduct tactical crime analyses, identifying current crime series and hot spots; prepares tactical action plans;
- Collect and organize criminal information from all available resources, including the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system, field interviews, intelligence information, other agencies, media, review of crime reports and supplements, informational surveys, and retrieval of crime information stored in case and assigned data files in order to study and analyze past and existing crime series, patterns, and trends;
- Attend regional meetings of crime analysis professionals in order to share information on crime patterns, new methodologies, and developing tools;
- Monitor local, regional, and national crime trends;
- Process routine and special requests of departmental and City personnel, other agencies, the media, and citizens, from written correspondence and statistical summaries and reports relating to crime analysis;
- Ensure policies and procedures pertaining to crime analysis comply with Federal and State legal and judicial requirements and with standards of accreditation;
- Monitor and determine effectiveness of crime analysis information and services provided; provides feedback analysis and program evaluation using available crime data;
- Draft and prepare reports, memoranda, general orders, standard operating procedures, and similar materials pertaining to crime analysis;
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, mathematics/statistics, criminal justice, computer science, sociology, police science, or related field. Master's degree preferred; and
- At least two (2) of directly related work experience in crime analysis, GIS systems analysis or general data analysis, design, development, and integration (preferably in a city government setting); experience in a variety of GIS and client/server computing environments.
Knowledge of:- GIS applications, including ESRI's suite of software for GIS.
- SQL databases, Visual Basic and ArcGIS is a plus. Ability to create/update databases essential.
- quantitative methods and research techniques to include knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of statistical analysis including multivariate, frequency, functional, cluster, correlation, and regression analysis
- crime analysis methodologies including cartographic analysis, crime mapping, operations analysis, linking, profiling, law enforcement operations, procedures, and regulations.
- techniques and principles of report writing and presentations;
- standard English grammar and usage; GIS and RMS systems.
- define problems, develop and test hypotheses, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- analyze qualitative and quantitative data.
- consider options, formulate strategies, and make practical recommendations.
- use general and specialized computer applications.
- identify and distinguish crime patterns, trends, and series, exercise objectivity.
- communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively orally and in writing.
- prepare graphs, tables, and statistical charts.
- establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues, departmental staff, and representatives of other organizations and agencies.
- maintain confidentiality of information.
- train and provide technical assistance to others.
- work independently with minimal supervision.
Special Requirements- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
- Must currently possess a valid driver's license. (Note: A valid driver's license is a current driver's license that is not revoked, suspended, or subject to limited restoration or conditional operation privileges).
- Eligible candidates must submit to an interview process, background checks and drug screen.
- Candidates who do not successfully complete the selection process are eligible to reapply for other City job vacancies.
- Selection process typically is completed within one (1) to three (3) months.
- Applications will be reviewed after posting is closed.
The City of Greenville offers a comprehensive benefits package to all regular full-time employees including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and short-term disability insurance. Employees in designated part-time positions may participate in some of the benefit programs offered to regular full-time employees.
Visit the City of Greenville Human Resources Website for a more in depth summary of our benefits. -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Greenville
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Some places have what it takes to help write the story of your life, to help you create and live your life to the fullest: opportunities, people and experiences that open minds and doors; activities that enrich and entertain. Places so welcoming that you feel you’re in the presence of family and friends, and that everywhere you turn, you find yourself in good company.
As the hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is that place.
Here, life’s a graceful balance of front-porch friendly and business-world sharp, a balance lit up and alive with all the amenities of a metropolitan university town. Where we enjoy the company of our neighbors on summer nights, talking on the porch about the day’s news and sports scores from the latest Pirate’s game, until someone flips a coin to see who’ll run out for barbeque.
Walking through the streets of Greenville, you see it has its share of art galleries, museums and festivals that delight; or, close by, the campus of East Carolina University calls to art and culture lovers with its worldly offering of musical concerts, theatrical and dance productions, travel films and lectures. For students with the fire of the future shining in their eyes, ready to turn their dreams loose, the campus calls to them in another voice.
Yes, you’ll find what you’re looking for here. But in many cases (and maybe this is just as important) what you didn’t even know you were looking for. That’s the way it is in Greenville. What makes it tick is how it makes people tick. As the cultural, educational and economic hub of the region, it’s expansive; it rewards the curious imagination, the entrepreneurial mind.
If you’re a person with big ideas and big ambitions, Greenville is good company. The smart thinking, hard work and optimism that once made Greenville a leading marketer of tobacco are still prevalent, though now guiding the area’s technology focus with its many bioscience and robotics breakthroughs. No surprise, these victories are trumpeted with as much enthusiasm as the local sports team’s trophy season.
Located just inland off the North Carolina coast, East of I-95, over 20 parks grace the landscape of Greenville and Pitt County. So if you’re an outdoor enthusiast, you’ll find enough adventure and scenic beauty here to fill up the canvas of your days, and plenty of like-minded people who share your respect for the grandeur of nature, the intoxicating fragrance of our Magnolia trees, picnicking under the shade of oaks, fishing at sundown, or hiking down a path that leads you not to the trail’s end, but to the conclusion that this is where you belong.
True, in some parts of the world, when you say the word “hub” people think “crowded”, “faceless”, “too noisy to hear myself think”. But we’re different.
There are crowds … parades down Evans Street. An annual Halloween street party. Students streaming to classes. Participants at major meeting or conferences. Or onlookers gathered down at the Extreme Park or Five Points Plaza to watch BMX bike pros practicing for an event.
But they’re not faceless crowds.
There is noise … live music rising from the campus nightlife scene, the hub-bub around the Convention Center, or when the Pirates rally to make the winning score, nothing short of pandemonium.
But our noise makes your spirits soar.
In fact, you could say that the hustle and bustle of life in Greenville is conducive to a higher level of thinking and inspiration. One thing’s for sure, the first thought on your mind will be how glad you are to be in Greenville, North Carolina, smack dab in the middle of such good company.
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