Abstract
Web-Based Firearms Analysis System Traces Crime Guns More Effectively
Track: Situational Awareness
Author
One of the most important precepts of Homeland Security is to facilitate communication and cooperation between multiple organizations with similar missions. The Philadelphia Police Department worked with the Philadelphia Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to develop a web-based Firearms Analysis System (FAS) that enables police officers and detectives to create an electronic record when a gun is seized and forward that record to the National Tracing Center for tracing. FAS also provides GIS mapping and analytical capabilities to help law enforcement officials analyze and visualize the locations of gun seizures in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ArcGIS Server technology provides high performance mapping, reporting and search capabilities. This presentation will walk through the FAS application and describe the ongoing efforts to extend its functionality, including the ability to display firearms data in as pathway maps, paired incidents, density (heat) maps and clustering displays.
Alison McGinnis
ATF Philadelphia
The Curtis Center
601 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
United States
Phone: 215-446-7859
E-mail: Alison.K.McGinnis@usdoj.gov
Robert Cheetham
Azavea
340 N 12th Street, Suite 402
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
United States
Phone: 215-701-7713
E-mail: cheetham@azavea.com