Crime Analysis

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This effort focused on how federal agencies currently disseminate information to their state, local, territorial, and tribal partners and also how fusion centers disseminate information within the National Network of Fusion Centers, with federal partners, and to constituencies in their area of responsibility. End User Advisory Group participants were selected because they are considered an “end user” of intelligence and information generated by federal entities as well as state Fusion Centers, RISS Centers and HIDTA operations.

Join the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) for the webinar Enhancing Crime Analytics: An Overview of the Nationwide Crime Analysis Capability Building Project on Tuesday, May 2 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET.

This Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) and Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) webinar will highlight the exciting work of the BJA-funded Nationwide Crime Analysis Capability Building Project.

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department (PD) requested crime analysis technical assistance to improve its capacity to prevent and respond to juvenile crime within the City of Fort Lauderdale. CRH Crime Analysis Consulting, Inc. (CRH) was selected to fulfill the request having previously provided crime analysis technical assistance to the PD as part of another BJA NTTAC engagement. In May 2017, CRH developed a unique crime analysis algorithm to identify juveniles of enhanced risk for engaging in violent and/or property crimes.

This was the national meeting that brought together VRN sites from across the country. Presentations included: "Comprehensive Strategies to Reduce Violence in Hotspots," Smart Policing Initiative: Case Studies", and Data and Research"

West Memphis Police Department is a VRN site. The department requested assistance in implementing Operation LASER.

This effort focused on how federal agencies currently disseminate information to their state, local, territorial, and tribal partners and also how fusion centers disseminate information within the National Network of Fusion Centers, with federal partners, and to constituencies in their area of responsibility. End User Advisory Group participants were selected because they are considered an “end user” of intelligence and information generated by federal entities as well as state Fusion Centers, RISS Centers and HIDTA operations.

Conducted a workshop (held as a conference presentation) on needs for a federally-supported crime analysis capability and standards at the Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts' 2016 meeting in Hyannis, MA, in May 2016. We captured about eight pages of needs from about 15 crime analysis practitioners during the workshop.

This Crime Analysis Capability Project Meeting included an overview of the Crime Analysis Capability Initiative; site updates on Toolkit components from representatives from Cleveland, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, and Tempe; a discussion of Toolkit implementation; and a discussion of overall Toolkit components.