Crime Analyst

at  City of Reno NV

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The following minimum qualifications are required to be met at the time of application.
Combinations of relevant work experience and education that are equivalent to the following are acceptable.*

EDUCATION:

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, statistics, or a related field.
• Each year of additional relevant work experience will substitute for one year of the education requirement.

Experience:

• Two years of increasingly responsible data collection, sampling and statistical analysis experience.
• A graduate degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, statistics, or a related field may substitute for the required relevant work experience.

License:

• Valid driver’s license

• Research, collect, compile, analyze and interpret statistical data; identify crime patterns, suspects and areas of high crime activity throughout the City; integrate appropriate computer systems to support and validate analysis; provide departmental staff and the public with crime statistics and reports.
• Plan, design, conduct, and analyze citizen surveys to assess public opinions regarding Police Department operations, policies and procedures; develop methods to collect information including forms and questionnaires; conduct surveys using appropriate sampling techniques.
• Apply Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to prepare and display crime and other related data in support of investigative, management, and administrative tasks; maintain and develop GIS structure to support tactical, strategic, and administrative crime analysis.
• Plan, organize, and conduct reviews and studies on crime, traffic, homeland security, resource allocation, citizen perceptions, and population/demographic statistics.
• Identify crime patterns, series, trends, and offenders; present related information to appropriate Police Department employees and outside agencies; assist in developing tactical plans to provide crime reduction solutions.
• Evaluate the reliability of source information; adjust and weigh raw data; organize results into a form compatible with computer analyses or other methods.
• Prepare a variety of statistical and analytical reports which may include data interpretation, manpower analyses, investigative analyses, findings, and recommendations; present analytical findings in a clear, comprehensible form including presentations, printouts, graphs, tables, charts and written reports.
• Establish and maintain liaison with other law enforcement agencies, federal agencies, and city governments.
• Conduct analyses on various work load aspects within the department; propose recommendations for staffing to meet workload demands; coordinate and supervise the activities of crime analysis staff, interns, and volunteers.
• Design and maintain departmental computer database applications as needed for departmental analyses and operations; provide training to system users; modify and maintain programs as needed.
• Conduct City and departmental surveys including database design, research, statistical analysis and preparation and publishing of reports.
• Provide digital and video enhancement for mug shots and line-ups; train law enforcement personnel in producing photos for line-up and identification purposes.
• Perform related duties as required.