DALLAS - POLICE DEPARTMENT - REAL-TIME TACTICAL DEPLOYMENT PROJECT (FROM INTERNATIONAL SEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS SYSTEMS, 3D - PROCEEDINGS, 1976, BY J LAUCHER - SEE NCJ-40336)

• NCJ Number: 40343
• Author(s): C J MACSAS; C MAKRES
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: SEARCH Group Inc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

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