ATWJE - Emily Dorscher - The Superstar Analyst

Episode: 00213 Released on May 27, 2024 Description: In this week's episode, Emily Dorsher shares her analyst journey from the Pacific Northwest. Emily talks about her Master’s degree and research position that influenced her analyst career at Everett PD. Emily’s badge story is different from most; she developed an app that collects vital data on homeless encampments. Emily also talks about hiring from the perspective of sitting on hiring boards and recently going through the hiring process herself. Emily is currently the Crime & Intelligence Analyst for the Marysville Police Department in Washington state.  

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 $50 gift card from us. Happy hunting!

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Name Drops:
Sue Rohr (00:17:03), Erica Bennett (00:19:33), Sean Bair (01:04:16) 

Public Service Announcements:
John Ng (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-john-ng-the-evidence-based-analyst/)
Shawna Gibson (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-shawna-gibson-the-what-now-analyst/)
Related Links:
Power Apps/Automate video tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@ShanesCows
Power BI video tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@HowtoPowerBI
Other great coding video tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@GuyInACube
Excel Mapping Geography Over Time: https://andrewpwheeler.com/2017/11/10/creating-an-animated-heatmap-in-excel/
The Effect of Guardian Training for Law Enforcement Officers – Longitudinal Findings 2015 – 2020: https://www.seattleu.edu/artsci/departments/criminal/crime-and-justice-research-center/collaborative-research/

Association(s) Mentioned: NORCAN

Vendor(s) Mentioned: ERSI

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilymalterud/ 

Transcript: 

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00:00:17 – Introducing Emily
00:04:10 – Master’s
00:11:02 – Research and Then Prague
00:18:20 – Everett PD
00:28:20 – Break: John Ng & Shawna Gibson 
00:29:11 – ABS:  An App
00:53:09 – Hiring
01:12:57 – Personal Interests: Dungeons & Dragons
01:17:09 – Words to the World