Comprehensive

The Indianapolis, Indiana Police Department, through the Public Safety Partnership, requests an assessment of its crime analysis capabilities.

Request assistance in evaluating our current system and to look at making system alterations, for a reduction in FTA's that are generated for individuals that are released from the Jefferson County, AL Jail.
1. Improved options to provide information to the individuals bonding out of jail.
2. Options to update technology to alert individuals to court dates.
3. Looking at other ways to reduce FTA's --Pre-diversion options.

The Cape Coral Police Department is seeking program development training and technical assistance to implement an opioid program. The Department would like to start with a self-referral program, and expand from there, connecting with the user at the hospital to get them linked to treatment. Obtaining policy and procedures from like agencies that have an opioid program in place would be a great start.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) requested that Dr. Edward Maguire prepare and deliver a presentation at the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA) Conference workshop: 'How Crime Analysts Can Use Evidence-Based Approaches to Support and Evaluate Violence Reduction Strategies' on September 17-21, 2018 in Newport Beach, CA

The Metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee Police Department (MNPD) requested assistance to develop the technical capacity of eight precinct-level crime analyst for patrol officers in the use of geographic information systems (GIS) mapping software. Stewart Bruce was selected as the provider and conducted a site visit to MNPD from August 27 –29, 2018, and assisted the CAP officers in creating hot spot maps for high-crime areas, developing an improved understanding of other uses for GIS and crime analysis, and leveraging crime analysis for tactical use.

BJA NTTAC will fulfill this request through the provision of a subject matter expert to review the violent crime issues facing Gainesville, Florida and its police department.

Curriculum development for the selection of qualified personnel and the creation of a training program inclusive of best practice for appropriate use of police rifles.

The Red Lake Minnesota Band of Chippewa Indians requeste assistance to enhance information sharing processes across its departments, specifically through the creation of a systems implementation/IT strategic plan. BJA NTTAC is working to idenify a provider and coordiante technical assistance

A subject-matter expert will conduct a site visit to New Orleans to examine how feedback is provided to New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) about the decision making process, the quality of paperwork and cases, and the opportunities for training NOPD and attorneys.

Our department is working toward thoroughly integrating data driven approaches into decision making at all levels of the department. We have been producing regular analytical products for a few years to support this goal. The operations bureau and the command staff have over this time been evolving their protocols toward a model that allows them to be increasingly receptive and responsive to incoming information provided by crime analysis. As far as crime analysis is concerned we have a great deal of room to grow and are aware of areas in which we could improve our analytical capability.