2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards

these communities are down by 12%, and violent crime
is down by 11%.
But the outcomes go far beyond numbers as the state of
New York has greatly augmented the overall sophistication
of its public safety presence.
The Centers use a customized browser-based search
tool, called Digital Information Gateway (DIG), designed
for investigative agencies to quickly compile
information on a single subject from all sources. It deploys
DIG and other solutions at the centers to pursue
intelligence-led policing, which is grounded in principles
of risk assessment, pattern analysis, community visibility
and continuous improvement. For New York, this
drills down into the three core components of incident
prevention: description (identifying what the problems
are), prediction (determining when and where they’ll
happen) and prescription (coming up with strategies
and tactics to deter crime).
With regard to solving (and closing) cases, here’s just
a small sampling of both quantitative and anecdotal
highlights:
in the state of Virginia. DIG and other center re
sources were able to help police conclude that the
suspect was on his way back to Virginia on a Grey
hound bus. Police stopped the bus in Rochester and
detained the suspect, who confessed to the murder.
Link to Web Page of Nominated Organization:
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http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/
Link to additional information on product,
service or program, with brief description:
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Link to Web page or Document with independent
media coverage, with brief description:
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Name and organization of nominating
contact for this entry, including name, title,
organization:
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Claudia Berth, Product Marketing Manager, Analytics
Raytheon Cyber Products
• Since the DIG implementation, DCJS has reported
a 300 percent gain in efficiency with respect to the
time it takes to gather all information sought for a
person of interest in a case.
• In Syracuse, DIG has helped analysts cross-reference
large lists of pawn shops with incident reports,
resulting in the successful recovery of stolen property
in 47 investigations since Jan. 1, 2013 – and the
majority of those cases have produced arrests.
• In Buffalo, DIG played a lead role in the capture
of a suspect in a stabbing death. It flagged a series
of domestic incidents between the suspect and the
victim, and revealed that he had an arrest record
Nominating contact’s office telephone and cell
phone:
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(703) 537-7565
Nominating contact’s email address:
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cberth@trustedcs.com
(backup - evan@w2comm.com)
Address of nominating contact’s organization:
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12950 Worldgate Drive, Suite 600
Herndon, VA 20170
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