Knowledge about risky places can be used by dispatch and communications professionals to assess and manage personal injury risks to first responders at any address throughout a jurisdiction. Make real-time risk assessments on a call-by-call basis to optimize resources and … Read More
Author Archives: Simsi Team
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) analysis brings the crime and land-use components of CPTED together with an empirical twist. Physical landscapes consciously and unconsciously influence human behaviors. Altering the physical design of landscapes is a main goal of CPTED. RTM identifies … Read More
Business, Security and Asset Protection
Expert opinions are more valuable when forged from defensible analytics. Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) analysis is peer-reviewed and scientifically proven to yield actionable insights for crime risk assessments and forecasting. RTM connects crime issues with environmental features and delivers reports that … Read More
Compare Analyses to Measure Success
Is your deployment strategy effectively reducing risk at priority places? Use RTMDx software to measure success! You already ran an RTM analysis to diagnose the most significant place features contributing to crime patterns in your jurisdiction. And you deployed … Read More
Data-Driven Women in Policing Fellowship
PRESS RELEASE (PDF) Simsi’s partnership with the 30×30 Initiative aims to advance women leaders in policing. The Data-Driven Women in Policing Fellowship aims to advance women police officers to leadership ranks by increasing access to the tools, training, and practical … Read More
Esri + Risk Terrain Modeling
Co-founder and COO Joel Caplan spoke with the host of Esri UK’s Talking Heads webcast. Subject matter experts from across areas of defense, national security, and public safety are invited to share their best practices for folks in the United … Read More
Generate Temporal Heat Map
What’s the peak time for crime? Use RTMDx software to create temporal heat maps quickly and easily! With just 3 clicks the Temporal Heat Map Generator shows the distribution of your crime incidents by day and time. Gain powerful … Read More
Filter Tool (analyze subsets of data)
Use filter tools to focus the analysis on a particular subset of your data. You can filter by any attribute in your topic issue dataset. Login to the Simsi Knowledge Base and watch the how-to video. See how … Read More
Risky Places During the Holiday Shopping Season
Are you ready for the holiday shopping (crime) season? Crime patterns change. The time-of-day or day-of-week makes risky places even more fluid. Holiday shopping can make crime patterns more dynamic. Different crime types such as robbery, burglary or motor … Read More
KCPD Improves Police Operations and Receives IACP Award
Congratulations to the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (KCPD) for receiving the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 2022 Leadership in Law Enforcement Research Award. This award recognizes agencies that demonstrate excellence in conducting and using research to improve … Read More