Author Archives: Simsi Team

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

Workshops are Hot Spots for Learning About Crime Prevention and Public Safety

Crime and violence are top priorities for many cities across the United States. Adequately addressing these issues in a way that meets local expectations can be challenging. Police can’t do it alone. Simsi’s Crime Prevention with Risk Terrain Modeling workshop … Read More

Risk Narratives

Risk narratives convey the contexts and opportunities for crime at particular places and times. A risk narrative is like a story about how crime incidents connect to places. It accounts for how people interact at and around particular places to … Read More

Data-Informed Community Engagement

Prioritize and solve crime problems with guidance from community partners, just like the nationally-recognized Newark Public Safety Collaborative (NPSC) does in Newark, NJ. They use Simsi’s RTMDx™ software to diagnose crime patterns and connect geographic features with crime events. Then … Read More