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CMI: Crime Mapping Initiative in Brownsville, PA

CMI: Crime Mapping Initiative in Brownsville, PA. By Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D. California University of PA WV GIS Conference 2004. Cal U and GIS. MMVRPZ Commission Boat Launches Tourism Map for Brownsville Industrial Parks GIS Education Next…Crime Mapping. Crime Mapping and Rural Areas.

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CMI: Crime Mapping Initiative in Brownsville, PA

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  1. CMI: Crime Mapping Initiative in Brownsville, PA By Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D. California University of PA WV GIS Conference 2004

  2. Cal U and GIS • MMVRPZ Commission • Boat Launches • Tourism Map for Brownsville • Industrial Parks • GIS Education • Next…Crime Mapping

  3. Crime Mapping and Rural Areas • GIS is being used predominately by large police departments • 13,000 Police departments serving populations less that 50,000 • 14% were using Crime Mapping • Decline Hickman 2001

  4. Brownsville Set Up • Ask the officials • 911 has Street Line Database • Students = IRB Approval • Students get real world experience and the towns get a helpful deliverable

  5. Where is Uniontown?

  6. The Brownsville Connection • Discussion with Mayor on Other Projects • Summer Project 2002 • Summer 2003 and Fall 2003 trial • Project begins in Spring 2004 • Geo – code criminal data with Street Database • Use Excel

  7. Brownsville Database • Collected one month of data • Only Certain Crimes (Not all data) • Geo – coded crimes using ArcView • Take Excel to Dbase to ArcView • Problems = 7% Match

  8. Crimes in the Database • Only map certain calls for service • Hang – ups, assisting, and outside of the town • No Domestic Abuse Crimes • No Juvenile Crimes • Eliminates about 50% of database

  9. Problems • No given street address • No given street number • Too general of a street • Street does not exist

  10. Still Not a 100% Geo – coding • Discussed the Issues with the Mayor • Changes in Spring 2004 • Up to 90% Geo-coded

  11. Still Not a 100% Geo – coding • Discussed the Issues with the Mayor • Changes in Spring 2004 • Up t 90% Geo-coded

  12. The Next Steps • Weekly reports will be provided to Brownsville • Hope to be able to move to Daily Reports • New Course: Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis • Add new towns.

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