- Criminal Justice Information Consultant II Written Exercise Dear Applicant: You are receiving these exercises because you applied for the position of Criminal Justice Information Consultant II (CJIC II) with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division. In addition to the content in your submitted State of Florida application and ability to meet minimum qualifications for the position, candidates will be evaluated on responses to these exercises. Top scoring candidates may be contacted to arrange for an in-person interview. Responses to the written exercises should be thorough and clearly demonstrate thought processes, capabilities, and writing skills. The exercises will be scored on the basis of content, professionalism, grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. For these exercises, supporting documentation is provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation websites. Both websites contain information to assist you in formulating your responses. Exercise 1: As a CJIC II of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) section, you are responsible for responding to state and local law enforcement agency inquiries. Often times the person inquiring is the Chie for Sheriff. Read the below inquiry from a local Sheriff regarding questions/concerns around reporting National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data and write a one-page or less response. Dear UCR Section, My agency is concerned with what reporting incident-based crime data is going to do to our crime statistics. It seems with the new reporting system my crime numbers will rise. How am I going to explain this to my staff and the media? Other agencies have notified me that there is a certification process for NIBRS. Is this true? And if so, what are the certification requirements? We are also a small agency, we do not have a dedicated IT staff, what will happen to us if we cannot meet the FBI deadline of transitioning to NIBRS?I look forward to receiving your response, Sheriff John Thomas Thomas County Sheriff Office
- Exercise 2: There are situations in which recommendations are presented to command staff such as the section Senior Management Analyst Supervisor or Bureau Chief. FDLE publishes crime data on the agency website for public consumption. Write a one-page persuasive proposal to the Bureau Chief dictating how you believe the crime data should be published. Feel free to include visuals/examples if necessary. Your response to these exercises must be completed in Microsoft Word, in Arial font size 11,double spaced, and submitted as a single attachment to the listed email address. The attachment should be titled (Last Name, First Name)_CJICII_UCR
