OO 01-03 Crime Analysis Function Flashcards
The primary sources of data used by those persons conducting Crime Analysis are computer downloads such as calls for service (CFS), inmate tracking, criminal histories, and officer initiated calls, and the following
reports:
- General Offense/Incident,
- Adult and Juvenile Arrests,
- Field Investigative Report (FIR),
- Traffic Crash,
- Supplemental
- Traffic and Parking Citations.
Information is collected and analyzed including, but are not limited to, the following crimes:
- Murder,
- Sex Crimes,
- Robbery,
- Burglary
- Vehicle Theft.
Traffic crash data is downloaded by CAU periodically from the ______ and additional information added.
mainframe
Analysis of high frequency crash ________ is conducted and distributed to patrol and other traffic enforcement officers.
intersections
___related accidents and arrest statistics are also maintained.
DUI
_______ _______ _____ (GIS) maps are provided by CAU. GIS links data from tracked crimes to mapped locations.
Geographic Information System
Special projects and tasks are handled as _______.
requested
Data is compiled and analyzed to provide users the most complete information possible. Scheduled, written distribution of crime analysis information to the Department of Patrol and Enforcement chain of
command and/or any requesting supervisor includes: 1.
- Issuing bulletins;
a. Information,
b. Specific Crime and Modus Operandi,
c. Increasing Crime Incidence,
d. Time/Date,
e. Suspect/Suspect Vehicle,
f. Known Offender, and
g. Potential Victim.
Data is compiled and analyzed to provide users the most complete information possible. Scheduled, written distribution of crime analysis information to the Department of Patrol and Enforcement chain of
command and/or any requesting supervisor includes: 2.
- Compiling summaries;
a. Weekly,
b. Monthly,
c. Quarterly,
d. Monthly graphs,
e. Mapping, and
f. CFS; by date, location, signal, or zone.
Additional methods for the distribution of data and analyses include:
- Conducting or attending meetings to inform the Sheriff and/or his designees about;
a. Crime patterns, and
b. Crime trends.
- Roll Call Training;
- Daily attendance at Investigation Division morning meetings;
- Special requests for specific investigations or presentations; and
- Suggestions offered for Directed Patrol Deployments.
CAU analyzes data by various factors including type of crime, ______, date, time, watch, day of week, seasonal trends, suspects, victims, modus operandi, and vehicles, etc.
geography
Geographic factors can be analyzed by zones, sectors, subsectors, ____ ____ _____ (TAZ), streets, and addresses.
traffic analysis zone
______ factors can be analyzed by year, season, quarters, months, weeks, days, watches, hours, or other breakout as requested.
Temporal
Data is examined to determine possible ______ and/or victims.
targets
Suspect descriptors are combined with various crimes, FIR’s, CFS, and other data to obtain the best, complete suspect information.
True
