What does Law Enforcement Analysts Software assist the Law Enforcement intelligence community
The software’s name is Law Enforcement Analysis (LEA). The name of the software indeed allows one to envision the software’s value to the law enforcement community. The name “Law Enforcement Analysis” shows that the software is to help law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies have a lot of challenges fighting crime. Information is very crucial in fighting crime. Law enforcement agencies are hammered with a lot of data from many sources. It may take up days for agencies to analyze the data. But with this software, the agencies can integrate data from all criminal justice system such as CAD, RMS, and JMS. Once the data is interpreted and integrated, the users can access dashboards, alerts, ad hoc analytics, reports, and interactive maps (Informationbuilders, n.d).
This software has many components including key performance indicator (KPIs), management dashboards, interactive mapping
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LEA supports geographic information system technology. It allows the investigators to map the location of incident to understand better resources required for the law enforcement responses. Interactive mapping provides law enforcement with informed tactical decisions. They know how many officers and resources are needed for the incident and most importantly, where they need to be because they have a map of the incident (Informationbuilders, n.d). Enterprise search provides crime analysts and investigators with the ability to search across criminal justice information systems. This component enables investigators to find information without even knowing where the information exists. Another important aspect of this component is that it locates information quickly and can spot the relationships among the incident reports on police computer databases that the officer never knew existed (Informationbuilders,
COMPSTAT is regularly described as a management accountability process that is a multi-layered and dynamic approach to crime reduction, personnel and resource management. The COMPSTAT process of Data-Driven Problem Identification and Assessment , (now referred to as DDPIA), utilizes geographical Information Systems (geo-coding), and advanced software to mine, track and analyze data concerning criminal activity, such as Part I and Part II...
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Many have asked the questions of where to purchase the CompStat computer software application and others wanting to know where is this ‘computer’ in their current facility to allow them to have the same success in crime reduction as other police departments over the years. (Godown, 2009)
During the 1970’s, the main objective of law enforcement was now focused on crime prevention and policing programs. Policing programs could be found in mostly every college and school around the United States. In 1968, Congress passed the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 which entailed the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). The ...
Compstat has improved policing ever since it was introduced in the 1990s. Compstat is a system that is used by police agencies to reduce crime as well as achieving other departmental goals. Some of department goals are developing good relationship with the community as well as empowering commanders together with their subordinates. It focuses on sharing information, responsibility, fostering accountability, as well as improving tactics used to solve crime. Although, it has also been criticized for been incompatible with the community, inflexible and undermining some goals of policing, it is still acknowledged as an important organizational development in policing during the latter half of the 20th century (BJA, police executive research forum, compstat, 2010).
One of those programs is the New York Police Department’s CompStat. The New York Police Department’s CompStat made a profound impact on troubled neighborhoods in New York. This program was first was introduced Officer Jack Maple and was implemented in the New York Police Department under police commissioner William Bratton (Manning, 2013). According to Manning (2013), the New York Police Department’s CompStat is a computer program that analyzes crime data and combines it with problem solving technologies to identify crime patterns and problems. CompStat embraces the targeted maps of areas with high criminal activity and uses criminal reports and cases to focus on reducing crime in those areas, Because of its implementation, the program helped reduce various percentages of crime including murder rates and subway crimes. Law enforcement agencies around the world are now introducing their own versions of CompStat to decrease crime rates and reduce social disorganization within certain
Criminal profiling, first undertaken within the nineteen-seventies, has been used throughout thousands of police investigations from bureaus all over the globe, currently some question their practicality in police investigations. This essay argues the utility of offender profiling in police investigations. Police Investigations utilize Offender and Criminal Profiling methods because it narrows the field of investigation, needs diminutive physical evidence to begin investigations and uses victimology to predict future actions of the offender.
The Uniform Crime Report also allows us to geographically see crimes spread over the United States. Where certain crimes are committed, who is committing them, and when they are most likely committed. These trends allow for federal and local law enforcement to predict where patrolling may need to be more prevalent or allow criminal profilers to be able to speculate what type of person is a possible suspect for a certa...
The outdated nature of the Nigerian criminal justice system has been a topic for deliberation in recent times. Rightly put, there is work to be done by the legislative arm of the Nigerian government as the present procedures for adjudication of laws are old and present a problem to judicial officers as there are loopholes which are frequently exploited, and its archaic nature makes it unfit for use in a modern society. The criminal justice system is defined as the collective institutions through which an offender passes until the accusation has been disposed of or the assessed punishment concluded. The system typically has three components: law enforcement which includes; police, sheriffs, marshals; the judicial process which includes the judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers; and corrections which includes the prison officials, probation officers and parole officers . By the above definition, it can be elicited that the criminal justice system is a necessary organ of a functioning society, and it is necessary that an organ of such invaluable importance be kept in good shape. An effective criminal justice system is fundamental to the maintenance of law and order this is because it addresses behavioral issues, but due to the outdated nature of the Nigerian criminal system, the pivotal functions of the organ which is conviction and acquittal have been hindered drastically and have become exceedingly rare.
The New York Police Department has structured some information technology applications to help optimize their firm performance in reducing crime versus patrols in the street. Some of the implications involved in the information systems are input, processing, output and feedback. Computer Statistics (COMPSTAT) uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to help police respond to crimes faster. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threat analysis (SWOT analysis), are evaluated in the predictive policing. All of these subject matters will be discussed in this paper.
Young people and the police have, for many years, experienced a tense and confrontational relationship (Borgquist & Johnson et al., 1995). This has led to a great wealth of literature based upon the notion of police-youth interaction. Much of this literature has tended to focus upon juvenile criminality and the reasons why young people commit such seemingly high levels of crime. Whilst the relationship between young people and the police force has been widely theorised and explained, there is very little literature on juvenile attiudes towards the police. Research that concerns societies attitudes towards the police force tends to focus upon the views and opinions of adults (Hurst and Frank, 2000). In this first section of my literature review I am going to focus upon work that allows us to gain a deeper understanding of why young people are so important when looking at crime. This section will allow us to comprehend the ways in which, literature suggests, young people view the police. This knowledge will provide a basis for my research in which I look more specifically at youth attitudes towards PCSO’s.
The use of technology in the policing domain has been rapidly adopted over the past few years. However, it should be noted that the process of adopting and effectively using technology in law enforcement, begun more than 50 years ago. For instance, it become apparent in the 1950’s that computer would enable easier storage and retrieval of large amounts of data. More recently, advancement in technology has incorporated more sophisticated ways of transmitting and analyzing information, therefore aiding the law enforcement process (Button, Sharples & Harper, 2007). The police have found various aspect of technology useful; predominantly, computer crime mapping has been widely adopted and consequently received a lot of attention (Goldstein & McEwen, 2009).
Police psychology is broadly defined as the application of psychological principles and methods to law enforcement. With the popularity of television shows like Criminal Minds and Law & Order: SVU, the job of a police psychologist has become more well known and even popular. As seen on these shows, a police psychologist can be helpful in profiling a criminal, but they also provide many other services to the members of a police department. Although the development of this field has a long history, police psychology as a separate entity is still relatively recent and growing. This intimate relationship between psychology and law enforcement can be traced back to almost a century ago.[1] It first developed out of a need for a variety of psychological services in the law enforcement field, including screening applicants and counseling during grief and stress situations. In the time that it has been around, it has proved to be a valuable resource for the law enforcement profession.
Application Programming Interfaces will allow third parties to automatically search, retrieve or submit information directly from Fredericton Police Department databases online. This Open data can fuel in developing dynamic maps and apps which will further make data more meaningful. Timeliness is key for crime data. The data that lags by weeks doesn't help to keep people informed about what's happening now in their neighborhoods.
Crime mapping is essential if the department wishes to take a proactive approach to policing and identify trouble areas within their jurisdiction. It also skirts the area between intelligence led policing and policing led intelligence as it assists in crime analysis and predictive