Intelligence-Led Policing:Five Trends to Create Safer Communities

Reactive vs. Proactive

The events of 9/11 have accelerated the trend from reactive to proactive policing.

Understanding the following trends will increase your agency’s ability to proactively deal with threats and better enable you to safeguard American communities.

Trend 1

• All crime, incident and related data will be instantly searchable– Investigators, at all levels, will be able to search

pertinent data with a single tool.– A single repository will reduce the time used to

search multiple databases and media types. – Quickly marshal a single view of a suspect’s

records, identities, addresses, connections, etc.

Trend 2

• Finding connections in unified data will enable predictive policing– Quickly searching all evidence yields a greater

ability to spot trends.– Link analysis, geo-temporal views, and bars/graphs

reveal criminal methodologies and present detailed information on where to place resources to prevent the next threat.• Brings new sophistication to the “broken windows”

theory.

Trend 3

• Agencies will integrate global and proprietary data for a complete picture– Add open-source, online data to your

investigations, enhancing your view of the “battlefield”.

– News and social media feeds will help public safety agencies respond to threats.

– Smart agencies know how to leverage data from all sources to achieve their objectives.

Trend 4

• Agencies will be able to protect their data (while sharing easily at the critical juncture)– Secure, encrypted tools for letting your team work

quickly together – while maintaining control of your data – are here today.

– Crime scene data from multiple devices, including mobile, can help departments coordinate information across all sources more quickly, while ensuring your data remains yours.

Trend 5

• Agencies will add technology that enables, not distracts– Law enforcement technology should have one

overriding purpose: to help policing agencies do what they do, better.

– New policing technology helps agencies do what they do, then stays out of the way.

– Effectiveness is not just measured by features, but by usability and results.

Streamlined Workflow

The rapid evolution of intelligence-led policing tools should mean that your solution provider can deliver a streamlined workflow and user experience that fits the way your department works – not the other way around.

Magic Bullet

While technology is not a “magic bullet,” good partnership and policy work goes hand in hand with effective intelligence.

The technology that drives intelligence-led policing has come a long way from call boxes and portable radios.

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