The anticipated salary upon hire: $65,701 - $95,935WHO WE ARE
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is made up of approximately 1,300 sworn officers and approximately 650 support personnel. The Police Department was established in 1922, and today is responsible for providing service to a County with a population of over one million people.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Has knowledge of the operations, rules, regulations and procedures related to a law enforcement agency and its operations, practices, and information management systems.
- Has extensive knowledge of UCR/NIBRS reporting requirements and standards.
- Has knowledge of the methods and techniques of fact finding, analysis, and resolution of problems.
- Has substantial critical and creative thinking skills.
- Can apply logic and sound judgment to all aspects of job duties.
- Can self-manage time and complete competing tasks effectively and efficiently.
- Has experience searching, compiling data and preparing technical reports, recommendations, correspondence, and presentations.
- Can extract pertinent information from law enforcement reports and databases.
- Can effectively communicate orally and in writing to exchange and/or present information to law enforcement personnel.
- Can develop and recommend improvements in procedures from data studies and lessons learned.
- Can learn and operate emerging technologies/software related to job functions.
- Can establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Employee will be responsible for collecting, collating, analyzing and disseminating law enforcement related information occurring within Montgomery County
Duties include:
- Collecting, collating, analyzing and disseminating law enforcement related information occurring within Montgomery County to the Maryland State Police (MSP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Extracting crime and related law enforcement data from our Records Management System
- Analyzing data to determine accurate coding
- Processing requests for crime/law enforcement related information
- Updating police reports and writing supplements so they align with established UCR/NIBRS standards and policies
- Serve as a Department UCR/NIBRS subject matter expert
- Communicate effectively with MSP and FBI personnel on UCR/NIBRS matters
- Coordinating the exchange of information with law enforcement personnel or public government entities both inside and outside Montgomery County
- Conduct written and oral briefings to Department staff
- Performing other related duties as required
Experience: Three (3) years of experience in a law enforcement, criminal investigation, data processing field or field directly related to the assignment.
Education: A bachelor's degree with a major in computer science/information systems, statistics, police science, criminal justice, criminology, or a closely related field.
Substitutions: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
1. Experience collecting and collating crime data according to FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) and National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) guidelines.
2. Experience using law enforcement Records Management Systems to write, supplement, and/or quality control police reports.
3. Experience and a working knowledge of a variety of software tools such as MS Office Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc., Microsoft Power BI and coding languages such as SQL.
4. Experience preparing, presenting and disseminating statistical data by oral and written communication format to diverse audiences.
5. Experience with the criminal justice systems, including an understanding of crime types and definitions, investigation techniques and law enforcement investigation reporting procedures.