Crime Analyst

Posting Closes: March 17, 2026

Starting Pay: $24.93 hourly

General Description:

Responsible for work in the utilization of collected information on reported crimes and criminals to prevent and suppress criminal activities and apprehend criminal offenders.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, political science or related field, AND
One (1) year experience as a Crime Analyst or similarly related analytical work in management or law enforcement.
A comparable amount of education and experience may be substituted for the minimum requirements.
Must possess and maintain a valid Florida Driver’s License.
Must be able to work a twelve (12) hour shift, rotating between dayshift and nightshift, including holidays, and weekends, and mandatory overtime to meet operational needs.

Background Screening: This position will require an extensive background investigation and drug screening.

Essential Functions:

Performs all duties of a Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) Specialist as the foremost priority and carries out additional Crime Analyst functions including statistical analysis and investigative support.
Prepares statistical analysis of offenses by district and patrol zone.
Requests to assist in investigations and decision making.
Generates and distributes maps relating to temporal crime events as well as bulleting, charts, and graphs.
Generates and distributes maps of sexual predators/offenders.
Reviews county intelligence bulletins, run RMS queries in response.
Conducts comprehensive traffic accident studies with maps and other analysis.
Prepares Auto/MC theft tracking for grant funded task force.
Conducts meetings and presentations (i.e. neighborhood watches).
Prepares Narcotics buffer maps.
Attends deposition, court appearances.
Performs administrative duties (monthly reports, documentation required by professional standards etc.)
Attends work on a regular and consistent basis.
Must adhere to Federal, State, County, and local ordinances.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Status: Civilian

Blood and Viral Pathogen Risk: Minimal Risk

Environmental Conditions:

Inside and occasional outside work.
Must be able to work under stressful conditions.
Must be able to relocate to other county locations based upon operational needs.
Must be able to remain available to work when a public emergency or disaster occurs.

Skills and Abilities:

Ability to learn and use various computer software.
Ability to interact effectively with others.
Ability to read and comprehend technical and professional journals and manuals; reports, letters, memos, abstracts, instructions; legal documents, ordinances and statutes.
Ability to write reports, memos, letters, instructions, and procedures.
Ability to speak publicly; conversant in theory and practices of discipline; persuasive speaking.
Ability to analyze data and develop conclusions.
Ability to identify and resolve problems.
Ability to initiate and install administrative programs and procedures and to evaluate their effectiveness.
Ability to comprehend, analyze, and extract information from law enforcement officer’s reports on crime.
Ability to make oral, written, and audio-visual presentations in a public or professional setting.

Required Knowledge:

VSO General Orders and procedures.
Principles of management and their application to the administration of governmental affairs.
Area of assignment, including trends and concerns.
Research and report writing techniques.
Basic accounting principles and procedures.
Florida Statutes, criminal methods of operations and crime analysis mapping.
Operation of ArcView and ArcInfo computer programs.
Fluency in Microsoft Software applications such as Word, Excel and Access.
Operation of VSO RMS program and Volusia County CJIS program.

Physical Requirements:

Manual dexterity.
Ambulate independently.
See at a normal range or with reasonable accommodation.
Visual acuity (depth perception, peripheral vision) necessary to operate a motorized vehicle.
Hear at normal level or with reasonable accommodation.
Occasionally bend, squat, reach, grasp.
Occasionally lift up to twenty-five pounds (25 lbs.).

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Volusia Sheriff's Office

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