Criminal Intelligence Analyst

What you'll do:

The Ohio Attorney General's Office is currently seeking an experienced individual for a Criminal Intelligence Analyst vacancy in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Section, London Ohio office. This position will report to the London location daily. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation, known as BCI, is the state's official crime lab serving the criminal justice community and protecting Ohio families. BCI also provides expert criminal investigative services to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies upon request. With offices throughout the state, BCI stands ready to respond 24/7 to local law enforcement agencies' needs at no cost to the requesting agency.

Staff at BCI work every day to provide the highest level of service. This includes special agents who are on call 24/7 to offer investigative assistance at crime scenes, knowledgeable scientists and forensic specialists using cutting-edge technology to process evidence to bring criminals to justice, and criminal intelligence analysts and identification specialists who help local law enforcement solve cases. Experienced special agents, forensic scientists, and other law enforcement experts' staff BCI's three main divisions: 1) Identifications 2) Investigations and 3) Laboratory.

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Independently reviews & analyzes problems related to sophisticated &/or complex criminal activity (e.g., serial homicide, serial rape, gambling ring, narcotics, common law movement, domestic terrorism, organized crime, investigations involving multiple charges, several years worth of records, multiple bank accounts, multiple jurisdictions, or public official corruption &/or obstruction of justice) from other bureau units & user agency personnel & develops proper research tools & methods (e.g., link analysis, time &/or commodity flow, telephone, cellular telephone & pager tolls, other computerized charts) for review by administrators & intelligence
• Request forms to appropriately accommodate intelligence information
• Develops & analyzes informational databases, spreadsheets & reports allowing information to be easily exchanged & understood
• Prepares case reports & charts for user agencies &/or court systems & testifies in court & maintains case files
• Assists administrators & higher-level criminal intelligence analysts in achieving unit goals & objectives
• Collects, researches & analyzes intelligence information & other resources to determine patterns, trends & movements of organized crime groups, terrorists &/or professional criminals to aid law enforcement agencies with investigations & makes presentations to case agents &/or law enforcement agencies
• Coordinates research activities with other departmental units &/or outside agencies
• Recommends policy & procedural changes (e.g., unit goals & objectives; Bureau Directives; unit operating procedures) to supervisor or higher-level authority
• Ensures compliance with applicable Federal Statutes, Ohio Revised Codes & Ohio Attorney's Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation Directives
• Assists in reviewing & recommending software & hardware equipment
• Serves as resource person & technical advisor (e.g., responds to requests for information
• Represents agency in meetings) in area of criminal intelligence
• Schedules, coordinates &/or conducts classes, seminars & conferences; assists administrators in achieving unit goals & objectives (e.g., coordinates interstate & intrastate information
• Maintains association with & facilitates exchange of information between federal, state & local law enforcement agencies for disposition of criminal activity &/or intelligence information.)

36 mos. exp. conducting research studies &/or problem solving using operational, mathematical, analytical &/or statistical techniques & preparing reports, records &/or technical evaluations related to research conducted; 12 mos. trg.or 12 mos. exp. with database management programs (e.g., Excel; Access) & presentation software programs (e.g.,PowerPoint).

• Or Completion of undergraduate core program in criminal justice or related field; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. with database management programs (e.g., Excel; Access) & presentation software programs (e.g., PowerPoint).
• Or 12 mos. exp. as Researcher 1 or 2, 66921 or 66922; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. with database management programs (e.g., Excel; Access) & presentation software programs (e.g.,PowerPoint).
• Or equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.

Preferred qualifications:

• Prior knowledge, experience or education with financial records and financial crimes

Job Skills: Investigation, Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Decision Making, Analyzation, Critical Thinking