November 24, 2015
The Office of Justice Programs Diagnostic Center recently posted a blog authored by Major Joe McHale, Violent Crime Enforcement Division Commander of the Kansas City, MO Police Department (KCPD). In this post, Major McHale shared how his department used social network analysis (SNA) to improve the KCPD’s effectiveness and efficiency.
The KCPD was struggling to identify the individuals driving the majority of violent crime, and needed a way to investigate data on people and relationships. SNA provided an analytical tool for mapping relationships, such as the social structure of known gang members that might cause violence.
To read the full blog post on the Diagnostic Center’s website, click here.