Discover the geographic approach to fighting crime while engaging citizens.
Protecting the People: GIS for Law Enforcement explores a collection of real-life stories about law enforcement agencies successfully using GIS for crime analysis, open policing, and field mobility. Through these stories, this book illustrates how police departments and law enforcement organizations use GIS to enable data-driven crime-analysis strategies and drive decision making in everyday operations.
The case studies in this book cover:
Understanding data and crime analysis Streamlining improvements to police operations Developing methods for engaging citizens
The book also includes a section on next steps that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GIS for law enforcement. A collection of online resources, including additional stories, videos, new ideas and concepts, and downloadable tools and content, complements this book.
Learn how location intelligence and the geographic approach can improve crime analysis, streamline operations, and promote community policing initiatives.
Edited by:
John Beck,
Matt Artz
Imprint: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 139mm,
ISBN: 9781589487291
ISBN 10: 158948729X
Series: Applying GIS
Pages: 114
Publication Date: 07 February 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction How to use this book Part 1: Analysis Smart policing gets a boost from enterprise GIS St. Petersburg Police Department Collaborating to address crime that arrests alone won’t solve Philadelphia Police Department Sharing maps, apps, and dashboards to improve public safety St. Louis Police Department Enhancing strategic planning and crime analysis with data analytics Altoona Police Department Part 2: Operations Saving time and money by increasing field data collection efficiency Redlands Police Department Purpose-driven apps save time, help officers focus on solving crimes Houston Police Department Deploying an app to track fugitives San Juan County Sheriff Adopting digital apps to secure the state fair Illinois State Police Planning and managing security for a train celebration Ogden City Police Department Securing the World Series with real-time technology Cobb County, Georgia Part 3: Citizen engagement Using maps and apps to strengthen community-based policing Toronto Police Service Mapping Canada’s missing children to quickly reunite them with family Missing Children Society of Canada Apps help provide targeted assistance to people experiencing homelessness San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Spatial analysis of opioid use gets lifesaving medicine to the right places University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Next steps
John Beck is the Director of Law Enforcement Solutions at Esri where he is responsible for helping police agencies worldwide understand and implement GIS for every mission. Matt Artz is a content strategist for Esri Press. He brings a wide breadth of experience in environmental science, technology, and marketing.
