Senior Data Analytics SME (Police / DOJ Analytics)

Position: Senior Data Analytics SME (Police / DOJ Analytics)

Duration: 1 year

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Role Overview

Provides subject-matter expertise in police and public safety analytics and leads hands-on development of dashboards, data quality analytics, and compliance reporting required by settlement agreements and consent decrees.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3 years experience performing data analytics for:
• Police departments, sheriff’s offices, or DOJ oversight programs

Strong experience with:

• SQL Server (complex queries, validation logic)
• Tableau (dashboard design, calculated fields, parameters)
• Experience translating policy, consent decree, or DOJ requirements into metrics
• Experience developing public-facing dashboards
• Experience performing data quality and audit analytics
• Ability to mentor junior analysts and document work

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Power BI or GIS tools
• Familiarity with CAD, RMS, or internal affairs data
• Experience preparing analytics for public transparency

Scope of Work

Design and build dashboards for:

• Use of force
• Stops, searches, citations, and arrests
• Officer-involved incidents
• Develop internal dashboards to track compliance progress
• Create SQL-based data quality and audit queries
• Define metrics, calculations, and assumptions aligned to policy
• Validate accuracy and consistency of reported data
• Produce documentation for dashboard logic and maintenance
• Mentor internal staff on analytics tools and methods