Criminal Intelligence Analyst

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Compensation Range

$26.46-$40.53

Starting Salary Range

26.46-33.495

Job Description Summary

Research and analyze criminal activities in support of operational goals and mission to implement and support Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP). Provide short-term and long-term crime and intelligence analysis to law enforcement personnel and other components to assist in the identification of on-going and emerging crime patterns and trends, serious and prolific offenders, and criminal groups and organizations.

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities

Note: Depending on assigned responsibilities, employees may perform some or all of the duties below.

• Research and collect information, intelligence reports, and investigative reports to identify trends, threats, vulnerabilities, tactics, and techniques for potential impact to Hillsborough County and the State of Florida.

• Review, evaluate, and analyze investigative and criminal intelligence data, current events, publications, and online postings related to criminals and criminal activity, crime trends, and the impact of specific crime within the area.

• Analyze daily criminal activity reports to identify methods of operation, trends, and possible suspects to assist law enforcement personnel to solve or prevent crimes.

• Update computerized crime data files to maintain the latest information on possible suspects, organized criminals, subversive organizations, and known career criminals.

• Prepare and distribute analytical findings via charts, graphs, written documents, and oral briefings.

• Generate hypotheses based on collected data and analytical and professional judgement; Identify gaps in information and propose recommendations.

• May be required to establish and maintain liaison with and initiate and/or coordinate inter-agency contacts among the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) entities and/or other law enforcement agency in matters pertaining to the acquisition and research of public and law enforcement records, as well as the sharing of information and intelligence in support of the Tampa Bay Regional Intelligence Center’s (TBRIC) mission.

• Respond to request for information from other law enforcement agencies.

• Assess source and information reliability and validity.

• Attend and/or support various intelligence unit meetings in conjunction with other federal, state, and local law enforcement units.

• Perform other related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Working knowledge of the principles, practices, methods, and procedures used in crime research and analysis.

• Working knowledge of research methods, crime analysis techniques, and intelligence cycle.

• Working knowledge of computer database and spreadsheet systems.

• Working knowledge of issues surrounding the analytic process including privacy, confidentiality, civil rights, and civil liberties protections within the intelligence cycle and products, such as application of the 28 CFR Part 23 regulation and the handling or personally identifiable information (PII).

• Working knowledge of the methods of data collection and basic arithmetic.

• Some knowledge of the Uniformed Crime Reporting (UCR) system and National Incident Based Reporting (NIBRS) System.

• Some knowledge of the principles of law enforcement administration and crime prevention.

• Ability to collect, organize, evaluate, and summarize criminal intelligence data and develop logical conclusions.

• Ability to problem solve by using problem solving techniques.

• Ability to handle confidential information.

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

• Ability to write in a clear, concise, accurate, and well-organized manner with few grammatical and spelling errors.

• Ability to maintain work related records.

• Ability to prepare and present reports.

• Ability to organize all work in progress allowi