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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 Slide 2 Agenda Brief history Project goals RCAGIS Snapshots Project update Slide 3 Brief History Slide 4 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 Slide 5 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) Slide 6 RCAGIS MEMBERS Contributing Crime Data Anne Arundel County Baltimore City Baltimore County Harford County Howard County New Members Charles County Maryland State Police Montgomery County Prince Georges County Washington, DC Slide 7 Pre-RCAGIS Slide 8 RCAGIS Slide 9 Project Goals Slide 10 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 Slide 11 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 Slide 12 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 Two Primary Purposes of GIS to Law Enforcement Slide 13 RCAGIS Snapshots Slide 14 System Administration Slide 15