Tag: Crime Statistics: Page 21

Patrol

Phoenix Police Aim to Curb ID Theft by Withholding Report Info

Personal identifying information such as names of injured victims, birth dates of criminals and the addresses where crimes are committed will be redacted completely from the written public record in some cases, officials said Wednesday.

January 8, 2009

Training

Courtroom Common Sense

Testifying might be unfamiliar territory, but a few tips can make it less painful.

October 31, 2008

Special Units

Gangs Blamed in Almost Half of San Diego Homicides in '07

Nearly half the homicides with known motives in San Diego County last year were at the hands of gangs, according to a study looking at victims and suspects of violent crime.

October 7, 2008

Technology

ArcGIS 9.3

ESRI

Whether you need to perform spatial analysis, manage large amounts of spatial data, or produce cartographically appealing maps to aid in decision making, ArcGIS allows you to use one common platform to meet all your GIS needs. And because ArcGIS is built using technology standards, it will integrate well with your existing systems.

September 30, 2008

Technology

ePolicing GIS

Lightray Productions and Psomas

Crime Maps allows users to view updated crime activity anywhere in a police department’s jurisdiction with the new addition of satellite imagery. It is a part of a suite of applications created by ePolicing, a partnership of Los Angeles firms Lightray Productions and Psomas.

September 30, 2008

Patrol

Illegal immigrants Who Return After Deportation Commit More Crimes, Study Finds

Illegal immigrants who have been deported at least once from the United States are far more likely than other immigrants to repeatedly commit crimes, according to a study by the nonprofit Rand Corp.

September 7, 2008

Technology

Connect Suite

BlueStreak Connect

BlueStreak Connect's Connect Suite is an automated field reporting system designed for small and mid-size agencies.

December 31, 2007

Patrol

Full Disclosure

Two of the basic questions you have when you write an investigative report are "What to put in?" and "What to leave out?" Although these are legitimate questions-because you normally couldn't possibly write down everything you know about a case-it's important to understand that certain things you might consider leaving out should actually be included.

November 30, 2007

Technology

Crime Mapping

CrimeReports

CrimeReports allows law enforcement agencies to provide neighborhood crime information to citizens in near real-time and empowers citizen participation in community policing. The service is free to the public and allows citizens to receive alerts automatically via e-mail when crimes occur within a specified distance of their homes.

November 30, 2007

Technology

Crime Analysis Program

Bair Software

ATAC (Automated Tactical Analysis of Crime) is a software solution that helps crime analysts isolate, identify, track, and defeat crime patterns, trends, and series using an easy-to-use and powerful graphical interface. ATAC also provides the tools necessary to perform strategic and administrative crime analysis functions.

June 30, 2007

Patrol

The Power of Field Contacts

Simply put, the more information you have in a case, the better your chances of solving it. While this is common knowledge to most officers, we tend to forget that using field contacts is one of the easiest ways of gaining intelligence in our own cities.

August 31, 2006

Technology

Picture This

Although digital cameras are certainly high-tech and have a lot more power and control than their film predecessors, they are still only as good as the officer holding them.

April 30, 2006