1- An administrative crime analyst who oversees all crime analysis can be a very useful asset to the operations of a law enforcement agency. The role of a crime analyst Is to analyze all crime activity, as well as review progress of crime reduction and evaluation of current crime reduction strategies and efforts (Santos, 2017). A crime analyst is also responsible for communicating any crime analysis information to the law enforcement agency and its management leaders. This can be done on a adult, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis as a sort of information briefing sessions or meetings.

Crime analysis is done through a series of methods. One of the simplest, yet most effective is the use of crime maps. According to Chung (2019), crime analysis using maps can show law enforcement the degree of risks to their departments and cities, and it allows them to make well informative decision on their operations and strategies such as proper resource allocation. For example, if crime is high is high in one area, a crime analyst can relay this information to the law enforcement agency, and they can then in turn start working on a strategy to find the nature of the crime and in the meantime allocate additional patrol units to this area.

Crime analysts and the work they do is so effective that it is also used to predict crime. Crime changes with time, but through the use of crime analysis, future crime can be predicted. There is a team at Oxford that believes that the development of AI (artificial intelligence) will bring on new crimes. This team has used crime analysis in order to predict what those crimes will be and when they are likely to occur (King, 2020).

This role provides information to law enforcement about their crime operations, which helps keep the agency accountable for their crime reduction strategies. Every law enforcement agency is responsible for documenting crime as accurately as possible. Since the data that the analyst uses is based on the data that the agency documents, the analysis of data will only be as accurate as the data that is documented. Accountability for proper crime documentation is imperative because if an analyst is conducting crime analysis on crime data that is not accurate due to lack of proper documentation methods and practices, any strategies that are created around the crime analysis will not yield any real results. Even tough the role of a crime analysis is to analyze data and turn it into intelligent information that can be used to create strategies to reduce crime, the work of the analyst is only effective if the law enforcement agency is held accountable to the highest standards of proper crime documentation.

Chung, J., & Kim, H. (2019). Crime Risk Maps: A Multivariate Spatial Analysis of Crime Data. Geographical Analysis, 51(4), 475–499. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/gean.12…

King, T. C., Aggarwal, N., Taddeo, M., & Floridi, L. (2020). Artificial Intelligence Crime: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Foreseeable Threats and Solutions. Science & Engineering Ethics, 26(1), 89–120. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s11948-018-00081-0

Santos, R.B (2017) Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN- 13:9781506331034

2- The role of an administrative crime analyst is to ensure the accountability process of the department police personnel are held responsible for implementing strategies that help reduce crime and disorder in the community. The importance of the accountability process is focused on creating realistic expectations, documenting the crime reduction activities, systematically reviewing the progress of crime reduction activities, and evaluating the success of crime reduction efforts at all levels (Boba Santos, 2017). This process is to make sure the agency implements and maintains crime reduction efforts consistently and effectively. This is done with an accountability structure and the creation of routine products that are used to identify problems and direct police resources, hold managers accountable for their effectiveness in crime reduction efforts and determine the effectiveness of the organizations.