Crime Analyst

About the Opportunity

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The District Attorney's Office is seeking qualified candidates to fill the position of a full-time Crime Analyst.

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The Crime Analyst is a single position classification in the District Attorney's Criminal Division. The Crime Analyst designs, monitors, enters, and updates all types of crime-related data. This individual also determines the statistical analysis techniques to be used on data and plans, evaluates, and participates in the analysis of crime data, and helps to disseminate this data to management, investigations, and other units.

This individual is responsible for operating a computerized program that enables the District Attorney's Criminal Division to coordinate and analyze crime and prosecution data to effectively achieve departmental goals. The individual in this position is accountable for the unit's research techniques, system design and development, and information output. The Crime Analyst provides training and technical assistance regarding criminal statistical analysis work, data entry, and computer operations, and performs related duties as assigned.

Unless otherwise provided, this position is part of the Classified Service of the County and is assigned to the Technical Services bargaining unit for labor relations purposes.

Individuals who are in a full‑time classification position are required to serve a twelve‑month probation period, which may be extended an additional six months, for a total of eighteen months.

Incumbents may also be subject to overtime, standby, callback, weekend, holiday and shift assignments as identified in their MOU (Memorandum of Understanding).

As a full‑time Stanislaus County Employee, you will be eligible for the benefits listed below:

• Vacation and Sick Accruals
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• StanCERA Retirement Membership
• Flexible Spending Account
• Basic Term Life Insurance Policies
• Deferred Compensation Plans through Nationwide
• County specific promotional opportunities; and
• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits effective the first of the month following the employment state date.

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The Job Task Analysis provides information detailing the physical and functional demands of the classification. For the complete job task analysis, visit the Risk Management website at  under the "Disability" tab.

• Plans, evaluates, and participates in the analysis of crime and prosecution data;
• Queries against case management databases to acquire crime and prosecution data;
• Collects, collates, and analyzes criminal justice data and preventative practices using analytics software;
• Develops and maintains crime analysis products, including exception reports, programming evaluations, recidivism rates, information bulletins, trend reports, and other reports and correspondence;
• Maintains quality control on all data;
• Develops new manuals;
• Assists in the development of statistical programs to handle crime series analysis, and for coordinating future modifications and/or expansions for the department and other tasks as may be necessary to meet the goals of the department;
• Enters or supervises the entry of all crime‑related data via computer terminal;
• Maintains liaison with interdepartmental and other agencies regarding crime data related issues;
• Assists in information flow between the Data Research Unit and user groups;
• Design mathematical and statistical models for research projects, and selects and adapts statistical and analytical methods;
• Defines population and/or data base to be surveyed, and selects existing source references;
• Develops data collection forms and procedures, and reviews technical literature relating to program under consideration;
• Instructs program staff in data collection methods and use of questionnaires;
• May personally participate in collecting, compiling and tabulating field data;
• Analyzes data and performs calculations;
• Plans and develops report content and format or assists in such work;
• May participate in developing supporting computer systems; and
• May have to testify in court in criminal and civil cases.