Protecting the PeopleGIS for Law Enforcement\nAuthor(s): John Beck, Matt Artz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: ESRI Press, United States\nImprint: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781589487291, 978-1589487291\nSynopsis\nDiscover the geographic approach to fighting crime while engaging citizens.\n\nProtecting the People: GIS for Law Enforcement explores a collection of real-life stories about law enforcement agencies successfully using GIS for crime analysis, open policing, and field mobility. Through these stories, this book illustrates how police departments and law enforcement organizations use GIS to enable data-driven crime-analysis strategies and drive decision making in everyday operations.\n\nThe case studies in this book cover:\n\nUnderstanding data and crime analysis\nStreamlining improvements to police operations\nDeveloping methods for engaging citizens\n\nThe book also includes a section on next steps that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and .