The City of Kirkland Police Department is seeking to hire a Police Analyst!

Why Work for Kirkland?
Ranked as one of the most livable cities in America, Kirkland is an attractive and inviting place to live, work, and visit. We have big city vision while maintaining a small-town, community feel. If you are a candidate with the desire to join an organization looking to innovate into the future, the City of Kirkland is the place for you!

If you ask our employees why they love where they work, they will tell you about the great people, work environment, supportive management and City Council, and fearless innovation.

We also invest in you!

Competitive Wages: We strive to maintain competitive compensation packages and work to provide wages that meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities of our employees.

Awesome Benefits: The City offers benefits that are unmatched by most other employers. Please click on the benefits tab above to view more details.

Childcare Programs: To help address the challenge of finding reliable childcare, the City of Kirkland has reserved spots for City employees at local and regional service providers, available at a discount. New employees gain access to Kirkland's reserved spots as soon as they start employment. !

Training and Career Development: The City of Kirkland believes in developing its employees. You will have access to training opportunities designed for career development and advancement based on your position, skills, and interests.

Job Summary

• Conduct investigative research and analysis related to suspects, incidents, locations, and trends. Use quantitative and qualitative methodologies such as link analysis, event flow analysis, activity charting and statistical methods to identify and interpret crime series, patterns, trends and activity. Forecast trends to aid in the effective allocation and deployment of police resources.
• Prepare reports and bulletins to assist in criminal investigations. Prepare graphic displays including charts, maps, diagrams, timelines, calendars and related materials to effectively present findings. Initiate target profile analyses and provide investigative leads.
• Serve as a liaison between the department and outside law enforcement and governmental agencies. Routinely collaborate with area crime analysts, detectives, and officers to actively identify and analyze multijurisdictional crime series and trends and recommend response efforts to address them.
• Develop, maintain and utilize automated database reporting tools to respond to inquiries for police data and information internally as well as from other city departments, the public, media, community groups, businesses and other law enforcement agencies.

• Analyze criminal information from all available resources, including the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system, the National Incident-Based System (NIBRS), field interview reports, intelligence sources, crime bulletins, list serve posts and other information from outside agencies. Review calls for service, crime reports, informational surveys, media reports, and open source intelligence to study and analyze existing and developing crime series, patterns and trends. Analyze the information for relevance to Kirkland and disseminate the information to internal units. Coordinate and integrate crime information from and for local, regional and national law enforcement agencies.
• Utilize automated reporting solutions, spatial analysis (GIS) software and other complex statistical and database reporting tools to track activity and perform regular and ad-hoc analysis and reporting of crime and intelligence information.
• Analyze suspect/crime correlation and develop actionable investigative leads utilizing a wide variety of law enforcement and open source databases and investigative resources. Develop detailed victim and suspect profiles.
• Provide information and analysis to police, city administration, and city council for decision-making purposes. Present analysis and statistics in various internal and external forums and participate and provide information to police committees and task forces.
• Analyze long-term crime patterns and trends using probability studies and complex statistical analyses such as random samplings, correlation, and regression analysis.

• Attend regional law enforcement meetings to provide and receive regional information on crime series, trends and suspects. Share information with department personnel for increased awareness, response planning and investigative support.
• Attend operational briefings to discuss crime activity and update officers and investigators on crime series, patterns and trends.
• Monitor local, regional, and national crime trends.
• Maintain awareness of, and develop recommendations for implementation of new strategies, methodologies, tools, and technologies in the field of crime analysis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles, concepts, methods and techniques of administrative, strategic and tactical crime analysis.
• Extensive knowledge of crime mapping concepts and spatial analysis techniques using ESRI products including ArcGIS and extensions. Experience with CrimeStat and CrimeView software applications preferred.
• Experience in law enforcement data analysis, research methods, and statistics. Ability to conduct complex statistical and analytical studies.
• Knowledge and understanding of relational databases and a high level of proficiency in using database reporting tools to identify, extract, analyze and present data.
• Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis of data.
• Knowledge of current best practices, programs and research involving data-driven, evidence-based law enforcement strategies.
• High degree of proficiency in software applications such as Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, specialized statistical software, and automated database reporting tools. Experience with iBase, Analyst Notebook, Power BI, Tableau, Crystal Reports, SQL, and Python desired.
• Understanding of the principles and practices of professional and technical report writing.
• Excellent oral communication and public presentation skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in statistics, management, criminal justice, public administration, or a related field.
• Two years of experience in a public agency involving research methods and statistical analysis, with experience in a law enforcement agency preferred.
• Crime analysis certification preferred.
• Successful completion of all required law enforcement background investigation processes.
• Ability to obtain ACCESS Certification.

Working Conditions
Works independently. Work is performed in an office setting. May require long periods of time working at a computer work station.

Selection Process
Position requires a resume and cover letter for consideration of application. Please note how you meet minimum qualifications within the offer letter. Applicants who are selected for next steps in the hiring process will be invited by phone or e-mail. Candidates are encouraged to apply at the earliest possible date as screening, interviewing, and hiring decisions will be made through the recruitment period, until such time as the vacancy is filled.

The City of Kirkland is a welcoming community where every person can thrive and grow. We value diversity, inclusion, belonging, and work together to support our community. We do this by solving problems, focusing on the customer, and respecting all people who come into the City whether to visit, live, or work. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to creating a workforce that does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, color, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. We encourage qualified applicants of all backgrounds and identities to apply to our job postings. Persons with a disability who need reasonable accommodations in the application or testing process, or those needing this announcement in an alternative format, may call 425-587-3210 or Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 425-587-3111.