Community Safety Information System (CSIS) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Author: Julia B Conley
Organization: City of Winston-Salem

725 N Cherry St
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
USA

Phone: 336 773-7864
Fax: 336 773-7996
juliac@wspd.org

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was the first of five communities to develop a Community Safety Information System (CSIS) as part of the Department of Justice (DOJ) sponsored Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI). The Winston-Salem initiative has relied on DOJ, local agencies, and researchers to provide and integrate diverse community data sources for the implementation of research-based strategies to reduce and prevent juvenile violence. CSIS, an Internet Map Server application that integrates diverse community data from multiple agencies, was developed as an analytical tool to assist the local SACSI efforts. Our challenge to complete development of CSIS to successfully meet the community and researcher needs has required continued support from DOJ, the developer, and local efforts in order to resolve the remaining issues.