Crime Analyst

Job Summary

Make an impact:
The City of Salem is seeking a self-motivated professional to serve as Crime Analyst for the Salem Police Department. The Crime Analyst works in law enforcement analyzing crime reports, arrest records, police calls, and other data to establish patterns and make correlations. They synthesize the data they gather into detailed reports that are used by their departments to make decisions about investigations, prosecutions, patrols, and staffing.
What you will do:
Crime Analysts may focus on one of three areas:

• tactical (analyzing high-level crimes such as murders),
• strategic (the deployment of law enforcement officers/assets), or
• administrative (budgetary recommendations on law enforcement resources).

Additional job duties and responsibilities:

• Consult a variety of resources, including crime mapping technology, computer-aided dispatch, police reports, and contacts with other professionals in their area and around the country.
• Look for trends and to provide answers to issues puzzling police in real-time.
• Locate times and areas where a particular crime or a range of criminal activity is occurring. Identification of these areas, either time, location, or persons, helps law enforcement plan their manpower needs, pinpointing when and where police officers should patrol in order to maximize their effectiveness
• Gather, analyze crime statistics, and produce reports.
• Develop intelligence, advise police decision makers, identify criminal trends to include emerging problems. Research long-term problems and presents response strategies.

• Have strong analytical skills as well as great writing ability. Need to be able to locate and interpret data and must be able to repackage and present it in a way that can be easily understood by others.
• Communication: Communicate effectively with City staff, the general public, and others contacted in the course of work. Excellent report writing and oral communication skills.
• Trustworthy/ Integrity: Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and data. This includes both externally and within the department. The information we have access to not only may affect the community but officers and staff within the department.
• Time-management skills: Effectively prioritize work; work under pressure within time constraints. Be able to estimate project completion and address time adjustments, as needed.
• Team player: Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work. This includes community partners and team members alike.
• Ability to learn: Learn and apply the uniform crime reporting processes and requirements; acquire knowledge of law enforcement needs, techniques, methods, and legal demands. Accept critique in order to improve the work product and operation.
• Ability to generate useful reports: Prepare accurate, effective, and timely reports, correspondence, and other written materials.
• Application of principles: Learn and apply the principles and practices of police and public administration as well as Criminal Analysis strategies and processes.
• Flexible: Must be able to develop a hypothesis as a guide but can adapt to change as facts and information develop to the contrary of the hypothesis. “Intelligence is a mind-stretching business”.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
• Paid vacation and sick time in accordance with City policies.
• Competitive pay.
• Employer-paid PERS contribution of 6%.
• Opportunity for voluntary pre-tax contributions to a 457b account.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Voluntary long-term care.
• Employee wellness program.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee health clinic.
• Secure parking at no cost to the employee.
• Free use of on-site workout facility.

• Must be able to pass a background investigation.
• Possession of a valid Oregon Class C driver's license and the ability to meet the city driving standards.
• Graduation from a four-year college or university with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Police Science, Criminal Justice Administration or related field (experience with statistical analysis in a law enforcement agency is desirable); or any equivalent combination of education, experience or training that provides the following knowledge, skills and abilities in order to perform the essential job functions.

• Personal and Professional Integrity
• Motivation, perseverance, tenacity, and ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work as a team
• Ability to rise above personal bias and think critically and creatively
• Willingness to make judgments based on information available

For benefits information, please, go to:

https://www.cityofsalem.net/government/jobs/employment-information/afscme-general-service-employee-benefits