Optimize field officer allocation with crime trend analysis
Meredith Berger
July 15, 2024
As police departments nationwide face waves of retirements, and total sworn officer staffing levels decline, resource allocation decisions become existential. Experts with the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) share how they are using technology to identify crime trends better and faster and provide executive leadership the information they need to deploy officers in the field with maximum efficiency, helping mitigate resourcing challenges.
Key takeaways include:
Understanding common agency challenges, such as inter-unit communication and identifying root causes of crime.
Learning how to surface crime trends with conviction by improving analysis of incident reports, computer-aided dispatch data, histories and connections of persons of interest, video evidence, and other data.
Exploring real-world case studies such as a trend of storage unit burglaries, detailing how technology was leveraged to identify and address these incidents effectively.
