Brian Mc Grew
VP of Education
Even though we have faster computers and more information than ever, you would think that law enforcement agencies would have more speed and success at reducing crime. Unfortunately, this is not the case in many U.S. cities as crime and threats continue to climb. Some reasons are:
- Increasing numbers of text, photo, and video data bases that are not integrated with a common search feature
- Poor search engines that can’t search inside pdf documents or text narratives
- Lack a comprehensive system for communicating, tracking, reporting, or assessing crime reduction efforts. Most LE agencies only have systems for calls for service, reporting crimes, and case management
- No system for multi-jurisdictional collaboration and sharing of crime data.
To reduce crime in today’s environment of exponential increases in text, photo, and video data as well as increased population to officer ratios, it requires speed to search and access data, speed in providing direction to patrol on where crimes are happening, and ease of assessing activity and results. Without speed, crime patterns are not addressed early enough to disrupt or stop the patterns and crime continues to rise.
The Technology Solution
Only invest in technology that has the capability to solve 2 or more of the challenges listed above so you can add more speed into your agency. No longer can you or your agency get a return on investment of buying another software program that operates in a silo and only solves 1 problem. We must kill more than one bird with a stone and acquire software you can continue to grow into.
If you are trying to align and direct patrol with real-time information and intelligence for improved crime reduction, you may want to check out the new features of the SmartForce™ Agency Management System from Adventos. SmartForce™ provides a force-multiplier system for communicating, tracking, reporting, and assessing crime reduction efforts that can also share crime data with neighboring LE agencies. Click here to check out a short video of the SmartForce™ crime reduction features or click here to read a PoliceOne article on how the Port St. Lucie Police Department uses SmartForce™ to reduce property crimes by 20+% year over year.
