Grant season is here, and with it comes a wealth of opportunities to secure funding for public safety, justice reform, and community initiatives. The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is offering a variety of grants through the Bureau of Justice … Read More
Author Archives: Simsi Team
It’s Grant Season: Act Now to Secure Funding for Your Initiatives
Tags: actionhub, bureau of justice assistance, CGIC, community violence intervention prevention initiative, cvipi, department of justice, DICE, grant, gun crime intelligence center, hate crimes, national institute of justice, office of justice programs, opioid settlement, project safe neighborhoods, risk terrain modeling, rtm, simsi, vawa
Managing your Security and Liability with Evidence-Based Practices
by Jane Gray Associates (JGA) At JGA, we assess the foreseeability of violent crime in premises liability and negligent security cases. To do so, we conduct crime data analyses to determine the spatial risk of violent crime occurring in and … Read More
Tags: liability, risk terrain modeling, rtm, security
GIS Resources for Every Role
Are you looking to boost your GIS skills but not sure where to start? As part of Simsi’s commitment to fostering professional growth and innovation, we’ve compiled a list of free resources that can help you enhance your GIS expertise. … Read More
Key Reading for GIS & Crime
Welcome to the world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)! If you’re new to GIS and looking to get a solid foundation, especially in the context of crime analysis, you’ve come to the right place. Here at Simsi, we specialize in … Read More
Creating Composite Address Locators in ArcGIS
Geocoding is a fairly straightforward process in GIS software such as Esri’s ArcGIS Pro. However, default geocoding locators or settings may be insufficient depending on the type of data to which you have access. For example, if a police department’s … Read More
RTM in Green Bay, WI
As cities across the country are seeking out innovative strategies to collaboratively build community safety and well-being, Offices of Violence Prevention are emerging as a fresh approach to this work in the United States. Violence Reduction Units in the United … Read More
State Leaders Driving Local Crime Prevention
Simsi serves clients around the globe and recognizes that local terminology could mean that “state” is interchangeable with “country” in some places or “province” in others. This article primarily covers equivalents of states or provinces in countries like the United … Read More
Tackling Leadership Dilemmas with Analytics
By Jonas Baughman It would be an understatement to say the landscape of modern policing, particularly in the United States, has changed since 2020. Policing has always been a challenging profession, but the public’s demand for police accountability and transparency … Read More
Evidence-Based Policing in Police1
Why data-informed community engagement is crime prevention and policing reimagined POLICE1: The DICE framework for public safety involves police, but it does not prioritize law enforcement or use it as a singular intervention strategy. READ the FULL STORY
Data-driven Procedural Justice
Traffic stops by police officers are the most common way the public encounters law enforcement. Nearly 85% of all police-initiated interactions with people in their jurisdictions occur in this way. Enhancing this type of interaction may be the single most … Read More