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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Officer 132 and Bush. Ive got him at
gunpoint. Dispatcher Okay, gunpoint 132 and
Bush. Coverage is Code
3. -from Cops
Louis Reeves
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OVERVIEW

• Communications
• Records Keeping
• Data Analysis
• Administration
• Future Challenges

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Communications
Telephone 911 E911 311 reverse
911 Crime Stoppers/Tips Community Policing and
911 REACTIVE RESPONSE
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Communications
SOME FACTS Haleyville, AL February 1968 2000
89 of PDs use 911 75 of these systems are
E911 2005 FCC will require E911 for
cellular telephones 1996-Baltimore institutes
1st 311 2000 3 of PDs have 311 results?
good50 drop in answer time
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Communications
COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH (CAD)
San Diego County (CA) Sheriffs Department
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Communications
COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH (CAD) Call
Prioritization Stacking
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Communications
COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH (CAD) Call
Prioritization Stacking In Tandem with
E911?Street Level Mapping
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Communications
COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH (CAD) Call
Prioritization Stacking In Tandem with
E911?Street Level Mapping Call History
and Other Information e.g. Suspect known to
carry a 10-32 and is habitually 10-56 By 1999,
56 of PDs had a CAD system
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Communications
Mobile Data Terminals (MDT) allows access to
dispatch information records checking/databases
(e.g. IDACS) report writing investigation
Community Policing and technology
Officers can stay in the field But may end up
spending more time in the car!
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Communications
RADIO Calling All Cars Two-way Interoperabili
ty Wide Area Networks Hoosier Project SAFE-T
Community Policing and Radio Officers can be
decentralizedGet out of the car!
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A RADIO HAS BECOME JUST AS IMPORTANT A TOOLS AS A
GUN EXAMPLE LAPD North Hollywood Shootout
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RECORDS KEEPING
Paper? Typewriter? Computer Databases and
Networks 200060 used computers for
records only 19 incident reporting/14 were
linked THE INTERNET GOOD FOR COMMUNITY
POLICING 1999 18 on the web...6 allowed
for online incident reporting
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DATA ANALYSIS

• Three primary functions of crime analysis
  according
• to OShea and Nicholls (2003) verbatim
• assess the nature, extent, and distribution of
  crime in order to efficiently and effectively
  allocate resources and personnel
• identify crime-suspect correlations to assist
  investigations
• identify the conditions that facilitate crime
  and incivility so that policymakers may make
  informed decisions about prevention approaches
• CAD helps data analysis by automatically
  collecting data on each call
• 2000 30 of PDs use computers for analysis

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DATA ANALYSIS

• Crime Mapping
• From pushpins to GIS (Geographic
  Information Systems)
• Allows for merging of data spot map to locate
  hot spotsthematic map to display spot
  information with victim and M.O. data
• effective tool, but in 2000 only 15 of PDs
  used computers for this purpose
• an example of crime mapping

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ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

• IT developments have given supervisors and
  administrators better ability to monitor
  subordinates
• EI Early Intervention Systems allow computer
  tracking of officer performance
• Compstat1994 NYPD used to track crime data in
  geographic areasoffers comparisonsdata shows
  that cities using Compstat model have had
  decrease in crime rates
• Compstat and community policing? accountability
  placed on prevention rather than calls answered

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ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL/RESOURCE ALLOCATION

• allows for analysis of data with regards to
  allocation of resources (e.g. busier shifts and
  areas based on CAD data)
• IT and data analysis allows for resources to be
  more effectively used and placed
• From a community policing standpoint resource
  allocation based on data should not overwhelm the
  need for a link to the community.

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FUTURE CHALLENGES

• for the technology? a new patrol car, GIS
  system, or other equipment?
• Better utilization of resources ? linked data
• Outdated and incompatible technology
• Police culture is resistant to change
• Cybercrime

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REVIEW

• Communications
• Records Keeping
• Data Analysis
• Administration
• Future Challenges

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Presentation by Louis Reeves (2005)