Closing Date: Continuous

OPENING DATE: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 CLOSING DATE: Continuous and may close at any time; therefore, the schedule for the remainder of the process will depend upon when we receive a sufficient number of qualified applicants to meet business needs.

Examples Of Duties

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Collects, compiles, computes, analyzes, and summarizes crimes, persons, and demographic and related data from a wide variety of sources including but not limited to crime, census, economic, and demographic reports;
• Identifies crime patterns from analysis of data and makes oral and written presentations to police personnel to assist in the effective allocation and deployment of law enforcement resources in the control of crime activities;  
• Prepares reports to assist in criminal investigations and/or to make intelligence assessments;
• Prepares graphic displays including charts, maps, calendars, and related materials to effectively present statistical data; attends meetings and briefings; presents analytical findings;
• Acts as liaison with law enforcement, government agencies, and community groups to obtain and/or provide crime-related data;
• Conducts research and analysis related to suspects, incidents, locations, trends, and series; 
• May testify in court and travel to crime scenes; 
• Learns to use (Analyst I) or uses (Analyst II) quantitative and qualitative methodology such as link analysis, event flow analysis, and activity charting to analyze data;
• (Analyst II) May develop crime/suspect and suspect/crime correlations and target profile analysis;
• Performs other related duties as required.

Typical Qualifications

These are entrance requirements to the examination process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on an eligible list.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE:

To qualify for this classification, an individual must possess any combination of education, training, and experience that would likely produce the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Examples of qualifying education, training, and experience are:

Crime Analyst I:

• Possession of a California Department of Justice Crime and Intelligence Analysis Certification or its equivalent, OR
• Completion of eighteen (18) semester units or twenty-eight (28) quarter units in Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology, Geographic Information Sciences, Information Systems, Statistics, or Research Methodology or a closely related field AND six (6) months' experience performing research and statistical analysis for a law enforcement agency, OR
• One (1) year experience performing research and statistical analysis for a law enforcement agency.

Crime Analyst II:

• Possession of a California Department of Justice Crime and Intelligence Analysis Certification or its equivalent AND one (1) year experience performing research and statistical analysis for a law enforcement agency, OR
• Completion of eighteen (18) semester units or twenty-eight (28) quarter units in Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology, Geographic Information Sciences, Information Systems, Statistics, or Research Methodology or a closely related field AND one (1) year experience performing research and statistical analysis for a law enforcement agency, OR
• Two (2) years' experience performing research and statistical analysis for a law enforcement agency, OR
• One (1) year experience as a Crime Analyst I with the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.  

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