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Track: Emergency Management and Public Safety
Eleazer Hunt
Esri
380 New York Street
Redlands, CA 92372
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E-mail: lhunt@Esri.com
Ezra Zubrow
Building Crime Analysis Extensions for ArcView
The use of GIS, with its ability to visualize spatial relationships, facilitates crime analysis by allowing law enforcement agencies to analyze incident data in exciting new ways. This paper describes the construction of a crime analysis extension kit for ArcView that goes beyond simple map displays and "electronic pin maps"; rather it can provide predictive modeling and contains algorithms to enhance proactive policing. Funded by a Department of Justice Grant, a consortium to build the extension kit was developed, partnering Esri, the National Center for Geographic Information Analysis (NCGIA) at the State University of New York at Buffalo; the City of Salinas, California, Police Department; the City of Los Angeles Police Department Crime Analysis Unit; and the San Bernardino County Sheriff`s Department Crime Analysis Unit. The police departments will assist in the technical design and needs assessment of the crime analysis tools. The NCGIA will research and build the models, algorithms, and statistical
measures for each tool. Esri will assemble the application. The crime analysis application will be a standalone set of tools that will be installed and operated with Esri's popular desktop GIS software ArcView. The approach is to build upon existing technology and extend it to law enforcement agencies. The application will facilitate the access to police databases with the aid of a "data browser." The data browser allows each department to identify the data tables and map data and let the browser build the links to the crime analysis application. The paper will discuss the status of the project, initial research findings, and anticipated capabilities.
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