NCJ Number
40343
Date Published
1976
Length
17 pages
Annotation
ARTICLE REPORTS ON HOW AN AUTOMATED CRIME REPORTING SYSTEM INCREASED CRIME FIGHTING CAPACITY OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
PRIOR TO ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SYSTEM, KNOWN AS THE REAL-TIME TACTICAL DEPLOYMENT PROJECT, IT TOOK AN AVERAGE OF THREE DAYS FROM THE TIME A CRIME PROBLEM WAS DETECTED TO THE TIME THAT A TACTICAL SQUAD COULD BE DEPLOYED TO COUNTER IT. THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM ALSO SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT A GIVEN CRIME PROBLEM. SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT IS LISTED, ALONG WITH FLOW CHARTS OF OPERATIONS, AND SUMMARY REPORTS....BS