IDEAL CANDIDATE

Our Crime Analysts provide critical analytical support to help identify crime trends, patterns, and emerging public safety issues. The ideal candidate will have experience in crime analysis, statistical research, or criminal justice data analysis, preferably in a law enforcement or public sector environment. This person will possess strong analytical, critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills, exercise sound independent judgment, and effectively communicate complex information to a variety of audiences.

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Essential Functions

The major responsibilities of this position are listed below. For more detailed information, please review the Job description.

• Determines analytical techniques and information-gathering processes and obtains necessary information and data for analyses.
• Compiles, organizes and reviews raw data from crime reports, crime bulletins and other local and regional law enforcement data sources.
• Verifies, validates and updates databases utilized for crime analysis; determines and develops conclusions regarding patterns, trends, “hot spots” and suspects; and initiates and disseminates crime analysis reports, bulletins, timelines, flow charts and link analyses related to trends, patterns and suspects.
• Develops maps and analyses of spatially referenced data including crime reports, calls for service, parolees, sex registrants, code enforcement complaints and other relevant data.
• Maintains appro­priate documentation to ensure compliance with all City, State, and Federal legal requirements and standards.
• Conducts surveys; enters and analyzes data; generates and writes statistical reports and other written materials for department use and for publication explaining data and findings.
• Conducts resource allocation studies and prepares reports for budgeting, scheduling and service area reconfiguration purposes.
• Makes presentations of findings to department and City management, elected officials, policy-making groups, representatives of other agencies and the public; develops and conducts training sessions to department and City employees and the public.

Qualification Guidelines

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Attention to Detail - Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products.
• Learning Agility - Seeking learning opportunities and applying the lessons to one's work.
• Self-Management - Showing personal organization, self-discipline, and dependability.
• Analyzing & Interpreting Data - Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative or qualitative data.
• Critical Thinking - Analytically and logically evaluating information, propositions, and claims.
• Professional & Technical Expertise - Applying technical subject matter to the job

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Graduation from an accredited, four-year college or university with major coursework in a field requiring an emphasis on statistical analysis or mathematical modeling. 
• Three years of progressively responsible experience in wide-ranging statistical analysis or criminal justice system data analysis experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

• Individuals with possession of a Certificate from the International Association of Crime Analysts or a Certified Crime and Intelligence Analyst (CCIA) Certificate issued by a college or university and recognized by the California Department of Justice, and with three years of job-related experience in a law enforcement agency, will be deemed most qualified.

EXAMINATION

Applicants who appear best qualified based on applications and supplemental applications submitted will be invited to any combination of written, performance or oral appraisal to further evaluate their job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities. Probationary work test period is one year.

Listing closes on 9/3/2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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