Criminal Analyst Supervisor

Supervises and implements administrative and management functions and activities. Prepares, analyzes, and shares complex crime, intelligence, and management data and report trends at an expert level.

Uses independent judgment for the following:

Supervises and coordinates the equivalent of two or more fulltime employees and all assigned work in a unit ensuring timely and quality activities to respond to the needs of the City, community, department, and unit.

Assists with the implementation, evaluation and interpretation of department policies, projects and procedures.

Manages, coordinates, and determines priorities of work load, monitoring levels of resources, establishing time lines, assigning work, monitoring progress, recommending changes and suggestions, writing, reviewing and editing reports prepared by staff, and approving completed projects and reports.

Implements controls for appropriate unit staffing and effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and hiring of employees, making recommendations on employee discipline, and other human resources issues, evaluating and managing employee performance, discussing and identifying personnel issues and facilitating resolutions, promoting positive morale in the unit, ensuring staff is trained appropriately for maximum performance, and providing leadership and guidance.

Contributes to the needs of the community and City by implementing and causing others to implement the organization's values and strategies by leading through example, competency, and accountabilities.

Develops and administers programs to collect, categorize, analyze, interpret, and disseminate timely, accurate, and useful information; manipulates, analyzes, reports, and presents data; distributes crime data for crime prevention purposes, reports, and inquiries. Drafts analysis reports, bulletins, memos and tactical action plans; identifies information gaps and future collection requirements. 

Strategically develops statistical data resources to assist in police investigations and identify crime patterns, crime trends, criminal organizations, suspects, and known and repeat offenders; develops data to assist with preventative enforcement and education; identifies crime series’ and hotspots; researches arrestees’ past offenses through multiple databases or other available sources to help establish a modus operandi (MO). 

Identifies spatial and temporal crime patterns and trends, and recommends data-supported methodologies and practices to combat crime and address disorder problems; guides the department on how crime analysis products should be used to improve enforcement efforts. 

Provides information to key stakeholders and decision makers; responds to requests for information and statistical reports; compiles information, analyzes findings, interprets, writes reports, forecasts, and presents analysis and statistical findings using maps, graphs, and charts; participates in committees and meetings; prepares reports and correspondence.

Collects and distributes crime bulletins from outside law enforcement agencies; highlights relevant information and provides commentary; coordinates information exchange between the department and outside agencies. Works with, assists, and trains a variety of uniformed commissioned officers and non-commissioned personnel; provides case support; determines analysis assistance that can be provided to patrol and investigative units. 

Develops and manages computer databases and systems, geographic information systems (GIS), spreadsheets, word processing software, and statistical software applications; creates and a variety of files and usable databases to cross-reference information to help aid criminal investigations. 

Remains current with research methodologies, police issues, and crime analysis best practices; recommends improvements in crime analysis practices; coordinates and leads research projects. 

Conducts resource allocation studies for budgeting and scheduling purposes; conducts beat reconfiguration studies; develops, initiates, and completes comprehensive surveys, research projects, and program evaluation studies.