United States Department of Justice

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• United States Department of Justice
• Criminal Division
• Geographic Information Systems Staff
• Regional Crime Analysis Geographic Information
  System (RCAGIS)
• Presentation Revised
• June 15, 1999

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Agenda

• Brief history
• Project goals
• RCAGIS Snapshots
• Project update

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Brief History
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Brief History

• Regional Crime Analysis System (RCAS)
• Formally established in 1996
• Leaders in field of crime analysis
• Nation-wide recognition
• One of the largest regional groups in the U.S.
• The foundation for RCAGIS
• Organizational support
• Standardized crime incident database
• Arrest file
• Geographic data

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Brief History

• U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
• Developing crime analysis applications for over 5
  years
• World-wide distribution of Spatial Crime Analysis
  System
• Local, state, and federal law enforcement
  interest
• Federal champion with the National Partnership
  for Reinventing Government for the Baltimore
  Police Department Community Demonstration Project
• Partners with the Baltimore County Police
  Department, Dr. Ned Levine, and Dr. Keith
  Harries. Jointly developing powerful crime
  analysis and statistical tools. Projects include
  RCAGIS, CrimeStat, and Ortho-photographic
  Representation and Analysis (OPRA)

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RCAGIS MEMBERS
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Pre-RCAGIS
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RCAGIS
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Project Goals
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RCAGIS Development Goals

• Tools for Patrol officers
• Crime prevention officers
• Crime analysts
• Managers
• Commanders
• Flexibility Add new users and data without
  additional computer programming
• Easy to use Menu driven
• Automated reports
• Promotes analysis
• Generate maps and reports in less than one
  minute
• Inexpensive 100 per PC - MapObjects 2.0
• Final Delivery Date End of summer 1999

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Two Primary Purposes of GIS to Law Enforcement

• 1. Tactical and strategic responses to crime
• Prevent crime, reduce crime, clear cases
• Identify target areas, trends, potential suspects
• Proactive measures
• Assist commanders to deploy officers more
  effectively
• Use a variety of data sources

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Two Primary Purposes of GIS to Law Enforcement

• 2. Officer and commander accountability
• Take action against crime and measure the
  effectiveness of the anti-crime initiative
• Maryland state-wide Hotspot Initiative
• Strategic Objective Area
• Business Patrol Initiative Areas
• Citizens on Patrol

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RCAGIS Snapshots
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System Administration
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System Administration