2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards

GSN 2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards Recipients
Government Agency Awards
New York State Criminal Justice
(DCTS) – 2014 Gold Winner
Awards Category:
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Most Notable State Government Security Program/
Project or Initiative
Name of Nominated Product, Service,
or Program:
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New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
(DCJS) – Crime Analysis Centers
Reason this entry deserves to win:
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The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
(DCJS) organized the N.Y. Crime Analysis Centers in
order to assist law enforcement efforts to target, solve
and prevent crime, enhance public safety and build safe
communities.
The purpose of the Crime Analysis Centers – and the
technology deployed--is to aid in the reduction of
violent and property crimes and to promote safe communities.
The establishment of Crime Analysis Centers
combined with powerful search and analytic tools
provides a powerful new platform for intelligence-based
policing and inter-jurisdictional cooperation. With the
impetus created by this project, information sharing has
become a policy, not an informal practice.
This program connects the data sources previously not
available or primarily used separately by police departments
and law enforcement; 64 agencies now participate
in data sharing across the Centers’ communities. It promotes
greater success in crime prevention, deterrence
and officer safety by providing nearly all-source information
access and analysis.
The centers support the work of nearly 90 crime analysts
throughout the state – analysts who are responsible for
the strategic, tactical and administrative management of
law-enforcement data to serve nearly six million New
Yorkers in the participating counties.
Since the centers launched in 2009, total incidents in
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