City of Tampa

The Central Crime Analyst is assigned to the Criminal Intelligence Bureau (CIB) and serves as the primary liaison to the regional fusion center, Tampa Bay Regional Intelligence Center (TBRIC). Bargaining unit position.

This is the second level job class in the Crime Analyst series. This position is distinguished from the Crime Analyst I by independent performance of analysis involving regional crime intelligence and data, as well as administrative duties such as user management, training, and auditing for analytical software. The employee in this class is responsible for performing analysis of police department crime data to identify and correlate patterns, trends, common characteristics, and the underlying causes of criminal activity on a city-wide basis. The employee works under general supervision, providing input into the development of appropriate programs leading to improved crime prevention and criminal apprehension based on information obtained and analyzed. Work involves participating in developing effective methods for selection, assembly and organization of significant data to permit analysis, reporting of conclusions and recommendation of appropriate solutions. The employee is expected to exercise reasonable initiative and independent judgment in performing assigned tasks within established policies, guidelines, and procedures. Work is of higher than average difficulty and requires that the employee have some previous knowledge of data gathering and analysis methods and techniques. Work is reviewed through conferences, review and analysis of reports, and recommendations submitted.

Develops methods for correlation of data and determination of patterns, trends, or common characteristics relating to crime within the municipality: examines previous shifts and cycles’ activities; looks for potential pattern developing in and out of city limits.

Assists in gathering of information; performs regular or specific research analysis of crimes, social and economic data.

Assists in developing conclusions, recommendations and appropriate programs leading to improved crime prevention, improvement or correction of specific or related crime problems, and criminal apprehension based on information obtained and analyzed.

Attends all crime meetings and liaison back to the crime fighting teams of each district as requested.

Maintains files on criminals’ modus operandi (MO); maintains support and other files.

Serves as the administrator to at least three (3) police department systems and/or analytical software accounts and performs duties therein, such as user maintenance, coordinating training and regular auditing.

Prepares and submits daily reports.

Required to work remotely at an off-site location (TBRIC) on a weekly basis; occasionally, required to report to the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) to serve as the I-Team Coordinator during large-scale events within or outside of regular scheduled hours.

Performs related work as required.

Working knowledge of: statistical methods and research concepts and techniques; principles of crime analysis methods, techniques and data sources; computer techniques, statistical application, and capabilities.

Ability to: plan, organize, assign, and supervise the work of subordinate personnel; gather and organize data for analysis and decision making; interpret and analyze crime and other data, and draw sound conclusions; prepare and present clear and concise reports and recommendations both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate’s degree that includes course work in the social sciences (criminology, criminal justice, sociology, political science, or a related field) or in the technical sciences (statistics, mathematics, computer science, or a related field) and one (1) year of statistical or research experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Investigative experience, preferably in law enforcement, is required. Experience with discerning, handling, supervising and leading pattern-based investigations is preferred.

Ability to obtain a secret or top secret clearance.

Evaluation of education and experience. Drug testing is included in all pre-employment processing.

Employees may be required to work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed. During periods when the Mayor issues an emergency declaration for the City of Tampa, all employees may be required to work in preparation, response or recovery activities related to the stated emergency.