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PROVIDING 21ST CENTURY TOOLS
FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES


Report of the Task Force on Crime
Mapping and Data-Driven Management

U.S. Department of Justice
National Partnership for Reinventing Government

July 12, 1999


TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I. INTRODUCTION

• CRIME MAPPING: THE POWER OF PLACE
  
• DATA-DRIVEN MANAGEMENT: THE POWER OF INFORMATION
  
• THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP
  
• VISION FOR 21ST CENTURY LAW ENFORCEMENT

• BACKGROUND
  
• NEED FOR CHANGE
  
• RECOMMENDATIONS
  
  1. Make Crime Mapping Software Available to Communities and Law Enforcement Agencies
  2. Expand Training for Law Enforcement Officials in Crime Mapping and Data-Driven Management
  3. Spread Best Practices Through Peer-to-Peer Networks
  4. Increase Funding for Information Technology to Support Law Enforcement
  5. Help Communities Find Federal Resources

• BACKGROUND
• NEED FOR CHANGE
• RECOMMENDATIONS
  6. Promote Investment in Basic Integrated Spatial Information to Protect Public Safety
  7. Support Medium-Sized and Small Communities Through Regional Approaches
  8. Protect the Privacy of Individuals

• BACKGROUND
• NEED FOR CHANGE
• RECOMMENDATIONS
  9. Expand Federal Leadership in the Development and Use of Mapping and Data-Driven Management Tools
  10. Strengthen the Performance Measures Used by Federal Law Enforcement
  11. Expand the Training of Federal Law Enforcement Officials to Include Fundamentals of Crime Mapping and Data-Driven Management

• BALTIMORE: COMMUNITY OUTREACH
• BOSTON: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SAFETY
• CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG: DATA INTEGRATION
• CHICAGO: NEW TOOLS FOR POLICE OFFICERS
• MINNESOTA: POLICE-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
• NEW YORK: THE COMPSTAT CRIME CONTROL MODEL
• PITTSBURGH: MAPPING AND COMMUNITY POLICING
• REDLANDS: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO POLICING
• SAN DIEGO: NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM-SOLVING
• TAMPA BAY-HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY: A PROBLEM FOCUS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT