Crime Analyst

“My job. I work inside police departments and analyze data. I identify patterns and series and predict future events, analyze long-term trends and hot spots, and otherwise give the officers and command staff the information they need to do their jobs more effectively and more efficiently. There are thousands of us at work around the world. Almost every police agency serving a population over 30,000-40,000 has at least one crime analyst, but you hardly ever hear about us or see us depicted in films and television shows about the police. I browse /r/criminology a lot under a different ID, and both the students and professors there seem completely oblivious as to the existence of the profession.” – TheCrimeAnalyst