Episode: 00214 Released on June 3, 2024 Description: Another year, another 52 episodes to promote the law enforcement analysis profession. In this special anniversary episode, Mindy Duong and Jason talk about hiring, a common theme of the podcast over the past year. Included in this discussion is a review of guests’ advice and four current law enforcement job announcements. This episode also contains an update on the Easter Egg challenge that has been ongoing for over two years now! From all of us at Leapodcasts, thank you to all our listeners and fans for your support and encouragement these past few years. We hope you have enjoyed our episodes as much as we’ve enjoyed making them, and that they have been helpful to you on your professional journey. We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us via email, YouTube comments section, or on any of our social media accounts with any thoughts, comments, or suggestions. We look forward to another year of recording the truly amazing work and stories that analysts do every day, and promoting the law enforcement analysis profession one episode at a time.


CHALLENGE: There are Easter eggs in one of the tables of the Excel chapter that Jason wrote for the IACA textbook. First-person to email us at [email protected] about what the Easter eggs are will receive a $75 gift card from us. Happy hunting!


***Episode 2 of Cocktails & Crime Analysis - https://youtu.be/aKNOC_wj4nA ***


Name Drops: Dr. Rachel Boba-Santos (00:09:32), Sean Bair (00:24:31), Sally Tarabah (00:36:42)


Public Service Announcements:  Easter Egg Announcement


Related Links: 
https://www.leapodcasts.com/p/hiring-guide/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_house
Job announcements that were reviewed:
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7ivxi33jqcu3xc9f/2024AnniversaryEP01.pdf
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b46w79tnuitke32s/2024AnniversaryEP02.pdf
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r4fu3i3c69g4uk7e/2024AnniversaryEP03.pdf
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ecsb35sd3r4vcs5h/2024AnniversaryEP04.pdf 


Association(s) Mentioned: IACA


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Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zabahaixb7visw6e/Anniversary2024_Transcripts.pdf  


Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong


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00:00:31 – Introducing The Episode
00:03:09 – Defining the Profession
00:09:13 – Analysts’ Role in SOP
00:14:45 – LEA Manager’s View 
00:19:12 – Panel Interviews
00:25:26 – Soft Skills
00:31:23 – Break:  Easter Eggs
00:32:34 – Location, Location, Location
00:38:32 – Job Announcements 
01:04:08 – Wrap-up