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Law Enforcement
Whether you are an officer on patrol, an analyst looking for a pattern or trend, or a manager allocating resources, GIS is a valuable tool for all aspects of law enforcement. It's successfully used today by agencies of all sizes for investigations, operations, planning, and management. ArcGIS provides solutions that enable law enforcement agencies to
Today's law enforcement agencies face a multitude of tasks and challenges. Over the past decades, the responsibilities of police agencies have expanded into many areas including school resource duties, drug prevention programs, and new policing methodologies such as problem-oriented policing or community-oriented policing. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, officers are being asked to be "first discoverers" of threats as well as first responders when an incident occurs. To address these ever-expanding responsibilities, law enforcement agencies need to leverage the massive amounts of location-based data collected each day to create the actionable intelligence to solve problems. GIS provides a technology that enables law enforcement to put the right people in the right place at the right time based on current and historical data. Law enforcement agencies use GIS for a multitude of purposes including
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