General Description:
The purpose of this job within the organization is to analyze and evaluate various data sets to aid the deployment of police resources throughout the City and increase the effectiveness of police operations in relation to the Department's goals and strategies. This job works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires a Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice or related field; or a Master's Degree. Requires six months in crime analysis or closely related experience. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.
Special Certifications and Licenses:
A valid driver’s license is required.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of principles and practices of police operations and city, state, federal laws and regulations affecting police work.
- Knowledge of industry standard operating systems and business applications (i.e., Windows OS, MS Office, Law Enforcement Records Management, Cloud-based Storage, Computer-Aided Dispatch Systems, GIS Software, Data Visualization Software, Link Analysis Software and Investigative and Evidence Management Software.)
- Ability to analyze situations quickly and objectively and to determine a proper course of action.
- Ability to build collaborative partnerships both internally and externally to enhance and expand delivery of business intelligence services.
- Ability to cope with situations firmly, courteously, tactfully and with respect for the rights of others.
- Ability to present ideas effectively, orally, and in writing.
- Ability to keep accurate records using computer databases and filing systems.
- Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency situations or tight deadlines.
- Ability to maintain positive customer-focused relationships with co-workers, supervisors, agencies, the general public, and all other internal and external customers. Personally demonstrates appropriate customer service skills.
- Work is performed onsite. The incumbent must be present at work to perform the essential functions of this job.
Essential Job Functions:
- Collects, analyzes, disseminates, and evaluates crime data to discover developing patterns, trends, and changes in criminal activity.
- Creates crime maps using Geographic Information Systems tools, showing the relationship between geography, crime, hotspots, and day/time trends.
- Prepares statistical reports for the Police Department; extracts data for these reports from various tables in the records management system using SQL techniques.
- Creates and prepares analytical products from ad hoc requests for patrol officers and detectives in the police department.
- Prepares for COMPSTAT meetings by organizing meeting agenda, items discussed in the agenda, providing analysis for the meeting and leading the meeting.
- Manages a website used by apartment managers, hotel managers and police employees to share information about crime incidents occurring at apartment and motel properties.
- Monitors Open-Source websites, social media sites for criminal intelligence information and activity.
- Compiles information for Crime Analysis Annual Report.
- Builds collaborative partnerships both internally and externally to enhance and expand delivery of business intelligence services.
- Manages Police Department Citizen Crime Map on city website, updating the crime data weekly; manages the police cell phone app; manages content on city website police page.
- Searches multiple databases for information pertaining to cases involving suspects involved in criminal activity (open source, law enforcement sensitive databases).
- Performs all other duties as may be assigned to meet organizational needs.
This Notice is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties, knowledge, skills and abilities required to do the job. This is intended only to describe the general nature of the job. A more comprehensive list of duties, responsibilities and essential job functions is available on the job description. The City of Rock Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, political affiliation, disability, national origin, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), or age.
