SENIOR CRIME ANALYST
CITY OF WORCESTER
POLICE DEPARTMENT

OPEN UNTIL FILLED, applications received prior to or on FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025, will receive preference.

Full posting here.

The City of Worcester seeks qualified applicants for the position of Senior Crime Analyst for the Crime Analysis Unit within the Worcester Police Department. Under the general direction of the Principal Crime Analyst and a sworn Police Official, the Senior Crime Analyst will perform tactical, strategic, and administrative analyses for the Crime Analysis Unit. This individual will collect, compile, and analyze police data from a variety of sources to identify and evaluate problems, crime series, patterns and trends, and prepare analytical crime summaries, statistical reports, and infographics.
Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS:

• Collect and analyze data to determine patterns, trends, problems, and crimes series
• Prepare analytical crime summaries, statistical reports, and infographics daily, weekly, quarterly and annual crime reports as requested.
• Analyze Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), incident, and arrest data daily to identify crime patterns and trends.
• Detect emerging crime patterns and series and provide thorough analysis
• Prepare advisories on critical issues.
• Identify suspect and crime relationships.
• Disseminate intelligence between divisions and with neighboring jurisdictions.
• Prepare statistical reports for grant applications and public consumption.
• Assess and design progressive analytical tools.
• Liaise with outside entities to provide data to community groups, media, researchers and facilities of higher education, etc.
• Stay up to date on current crime scene trends, software/tools, and on legal guidance, codes, and laws related to confidentiality and intelligence use.
• Other duties may be assigned by supervisory staff.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to present, interpret, explain, and defend analysis of information
• Ability to research and work independently,
• Excellent interpersonal skills,
• Ability to be self-driven,
• Valid Driver’s license and the ability to travel
• Ability to work on an on call basis, when necessary, and perform work tasks outside of routine office work hours
• Demonstrated ability uses critical thinking skills and ability to make sound judgment
• Working knowledge of law enforcement operations and police data.
• Proficient with relational databases and spreadsheet applications including Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) as well as Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Highly detailed oriented with the ability to organize and prioritize work and projects
• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of crime analysis
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to develop sound conclusions from research and/or comparisons
• Ability to follow and explain complex instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to learn the City and Police Department policies, procedures, and practices.
• Strong mathematical and statical skills
• Ability to work with command staff decision makers, investigative personnel, and patrol officers.
• Ability to communicate methods and results in language easily understood by police personnel

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, statistics or related field
• Two (2) years of experience with crime analysis, data analysis or related discipline
• Ability to pass a comprehensive criminal history background check
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft office, GIS, and/or CAD

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in criminal justice, statistics or related field
• Four (4) years of experience with crime analysis, data analysis or related discipline
• Experience handling confidential and sensitive information
• Certified Law Enforcement Analyst Certification

SALARY RANGE: $63,908 - $83,631 annually, full-time, exempt, with an excellent benefits package.

To apply, please visit: www.worcesterma.gov/employment or send resume and cover letter to: City of Worcester, 455 Main Street, Room 109, Worcester, MA 01608. OPEN UNTIL FILLED, applications received prior to or on FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025, will receive preference. Preference is given to Worcester residents. The City of Worcester is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Direct inquiries to: City Hall, Human Resources, Room 109, 508-799-1030, Hiring@worcesterma.gov.

Crime Analysts Recognized for Work in Hate Crime Investigation

MACA President Melissa Trzepacz and member Sarah Herrmann played a key role in identifying the suspect in a recent hate crime investigation. Their work highlights the power of crime analysis in solving cases and ensuring justice. Outstanding work by both!

Full release at middlesexda.com/press-releases.

Announcement of Open Position

Criminal Intelligence Cryptocurrency Analyst

The New England State Police Information Network (NESPIN) is a regional center dedicated to assist local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice agencies by providing adaptive solutions and services that facilitate information sharing, support criminal investigations, and promote officer safety.

NESPIN has an immediate opening for a Criminal Intelligence Cryptocurrency Analyst. This is a full-time non-exempt position, located at NESPIN headquarters in Franklin, Massachusetts. The schedule for this onsite position is Monday through Friday, 37.5 hours per week, during regular business hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide case-specific analytical assistance to member agencies in the area of cryptocurrency tracing and analysis.
• Prepare written and oral reports summarizing the results of analytical work.
• Review relevant literature to keep current on trends regarding cryptocurrency exchange policies, cryptocurrency ATMs, and cryptocurrency related laws.
• Perform other related duties or projects assigned by management.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or criminal justice.
• Certification in cryptocurrency tracing.
• A working knowledge of criminal justice investigations and the criminal justice system.
• Knowledge of criminal intelligence techniques and analytical procedures to effectively conduct analysis of criminal investigations.
• Strong attention to detail, time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication competencies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, i2 Analysts Notebook, Blockchain analysis, and Chainalysis or similar platform.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information and investigations coordinated, developed, and/or assisted by NESPIN.
• The final candidate will be offered conditional employment and must pass a State Police background check before employment commences.
• A combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.

Starting pay: $39.08 per hour, plus comprehensive benefit package, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K and paid time off.

Interested candidates should submit resume and letter of intent before April 14, 2025, by email to nespinjobs@outlook.com, or utilize the "apply now" feature of job posting sites.

Happy to report the monthly information sharing meeting between LE and our Retail partners is kicking back up Friday April 18th at 11:00am at the Northborough PD.  Ample parking in the back 2 lots.  Please come with hand outs to pass out (20-30 copies) or a thumb drive to show on the screen.  Any questions, please contact Kevin Daly or Carol Fitzgerald and hope to see you there!

The IACA is seeking speakers for the conference -  held sept 8th -12th at the  Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate, 1500 Masters Blvd, Championsgate, FL 33896 

Link for more info is below 

https://www.iaca.net/call-for-presentations

Good morning - I am touch with a current Leominster PD Dispatcher and student at Umass Lowell.  She is required to do an internship and is interested in finding a crime/intelligence analysis position.  We are guessing it would be about 12 hours per week.  She currently lives in Leominster and will to travel.  Looking to see if any PD, DOC or other agency is interested.  She has been a dispatcher at Leominster for a number of years and is fluent with the ongoings of policing.

Does anyone have a point of contact for Telegram? Either briefings/presentations or preservation letters?

Treasurer Sharon Phelan and Secretary Keri Lebeau discussed the website changes to add notes from each meeting. 

The topic of mental illness in day-to-day Police work has been gaining more and more attention. Mental illness can present in a wide variety of ways, many of which often involve disorderly, self-injurious, and sometimes criminal behavior or victimization that results in Police response. According to one estimate (Deane et. al 1999) 7% of police contacts in jurisdictions with 100,000 or more people involve the mentally ill. Worcester’s incident data falls right in line with that estimate with 7% of annual incidents involving someone who has been issued one or more Section 12 restraint prior to the date of the incident. That translates to, on average, about 6 Police interactions in the City each day that involve someone with a known mental health history.

While we know that most mentally ill persons are not violent, there are some mental illnesses which with certain co-occurring conditions are at an elevated risk for potential violent behavior. It is important to understand what those risk factors are, and it’s critical for Officers to be well-trained in best practices on how to de-escalate incidents involving the mentally ill.

As analysts we ought to assist in identifying this high-risk subset of the population and provide Police with the information they need to intercede preventatively. The HUB, an international collaborative model for risk-driven intervention, has outlined the risk factors most commonly observed in the violent mentally ill. Many of the risk factors are details that most analysts can garner and assemble right from the data available in their RMS… things like past violent behavior, homelessness, evidence of self-medicating (section 35 or overdoses), history of running away, past suicide attempts… Analysts who are savvy in query writing can become instrumental in quickly identifying high-risk individuals who might qualify for and benefit from intervention. Having this information can also be helpful in harnessing available funding for initiatives such as the development of Crisis Intervention Teams, a model which brings together “law enforcement, mental health providers, hospital emergency departments and individuals with mental illness and their families to improve responses to people in crisis” (NAMI 2018).

 

Originally posted by Tiana Antul:

Most of the time you'll know which type of chart best suits your data and what it is that you're trying to convey. For those times when you're not so sure, here's a quick reference guide from the book "Good Charts" by Scott Berinato.

For when you're making comparisons in data: Bars, Bumps, Lines, Slopes, and Small multiples

For when you're illustrating distributions: Alluvials, Bubbles, Histograms, Sankeys, Scatter Plots

For when you're showing data composition: Pie charts, Stacked areas, Stacked bars, Treemaps, and Units

And for when you want to diagram relationships, illustrate space and networks etc.: Flow charts, Maps, Hierarchies, 2X2s, and Network diagrams.