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Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) is risk assessment for places. It diagnoses crime patterns, and identifies environmental conditions that contribute to crime problems. RTM drives decision-making and action for public safety. This interactive workshop is designed for everyone, without any previous experience or background in data analysis or crime prevention programming. We’ll discuss how to use RTM for resource deployments, investigations, community engagement, and prevention. You will learn how RTM works, review case studies, and gain practical insights and tips to take home for implementation.

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Located in-person at host site

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Police officers (all ranks), city managers, non-profit organizations, business leaders,
and other community stakeholders interested in public safety should attend.

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Participants will earn a Certificate of Completion

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Risk-Based Policing (RBP) uses Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) to inform decisions about where to go and what to focus on when you get there. RBP diagnoses crime hot spots and fixes them. And it prevents crime by focusing on the local situational contexts. RBP is evidence-based, with scientific experiments done in small and large jurisdictions throughout the United States and around the world demonstrating how it meets local needs and expectations for better public safety.

This interactive workshop is designed for analysts of all levels who are currently employed with public safety agencies. You do not need any previous experience in RTM or RBP. All software and materials will be provided in class. We’ll utilize a watch-then-practice learning experience, with hands-on opportunities to grow skills and confidence in producing and communicating analytic outputs that drive operations. We’ll run RTM analyses with real data using the RTMDx software and then discuss how to use a variety of tools in the crime analysts’ toolkit to inform resource deployments and place-based actions for police and their community partners. You will learn how RTM works, review RBP case studies, and gain practical insights and tips to take home for implementation.

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Located in-person at host site

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Crime analysts, intelligence analysts, or data analysts of all levels should attend.

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Participants will earn a Certificate of Completion

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Contact Us to host your own local training workshop.

Dr. Joel Caplan works with cities and towns to prevent crime, improve community policing, and make data-informed decisions that enhance public safety. He specializes in GIS mapping and crime pattern analysis, and co-developed Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM). RTM is the underlying technology behind Simsi, a Rutgers University start-up company to which Joel is a co-founder.

Joel is a Professor at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) and serves as Director of the Rutgers Center on Public Security (RCPS). He has professional experience as a police officer, 9-1-1 dispatcher and emergency medical technician. Joel has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and two books, “Risk-Based Policing: Evidence-Based Crime Prevention with Big Data and Spatial Analytics” (2018) and “Risk Terrain Modeling: Crime Prevention and Risk Reduction” (2016). His research on communities, crime and policing empowers multiple stakeholders with evidence to maximize resources and create safer and more secure environments. Joel earned his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania (2008) and is also a proud alumnus of Rutgers University (2004) and The College of New Jersey (2003).

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2022

Kansas City, MO

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Kansas City, MO Police Department

Congratulations to graduating Class #1

Austin, TX

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Austin Police Department

Congratulations to graduating Class #2

Atlantic City, NJ

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Atlantic City Police Department and Stockton University School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Congratulations to graduating Class #3

Durham, NC

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Durham Police Department and Carolinas Crime Analysis Association

Congratulations to graduating Class #4

Burlington, MA

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Burlington Police Department and Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts

Congratulations to graduating Class #5

Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Safe City Mississauga and Sheridan College

Congratulations to graduating Class #6

2023

University Park, IL

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Hazel Crest Police Department and Governors State University

Congratulations to graduating Class #7

Torrance, CA

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Torrance Police Department and SCCIAA

Congratulations to graduating Class #8

St. Louis, MO

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): The Federation of Block Units and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis

Congratulations to graduating Class #9

Green Bay, WI 

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Green Bay Police Department and WILEAN

Congratulations to graduating Class #10

Grand Rapids, MI 

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Grand Rapids Police Department and City of Grand Rapids

Congratulations to graduating Class #11

New Orleans, LA  

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office

Congratulations to graduating Class #12

Cambridge, England (UK) 

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Anglia Ruskin University

Congratulations to graduating Class #13

London, England (UK) 

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Metropolitan Police Service

Congratulations to graduating Class #14

2024

Philadelphia, PA

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office

Congratulations to graduating Class #15

Greenville, SC

Host(s) and Co-Sponsor(s): Upstate Crime Analysis Center

Congratulations to graduating Class #16 (CAforRBP)

2023

Greenville, SC

Sponsorship: Carolinas Crime Analysis Association (CCAA), TRAINING CONFERENCE, carolinascrimeanalysis.org

Chandler, AZ

Sponsorship: International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), ANNUAL CONFERENCE, iapsc.org

Las Vegas, NV

Sponsorship: American Society of Evidence-Based Policing (ASEBP), ANNUAL CONFERENCE, americansebp.org

Daytona Beach, FL

Sponsorship: Florida Crime & Intelligence Analyst Association (FCIAA), ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE, fciaa.org

Grapevine, TX

Sponsorship: International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA), ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE, iaca.net

San Diego, CA

Sponsorship: San Diego Crime and Intelligence Analysts Association (SDCIAA), ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE, sdciaa.wildapricot.org

Brighton, UK

Attendance: Police Digital Summit (PDS), ANNUAL CONFERENCE, pds.police.uk

Austin, TX

Attendance: International City/County Management Association (ICMA), ANNUAL CONFERENCE, icma.org

Plymouth, MA

Sponsorship: Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts (MACA), NEW ENGLAND CRIME ANALYSIS & INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE, macrimeanalysts.org

San Diego, CA

Sponsorship: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, theiacpconference.org

[The IACP/Simsi “Leadership in Law Enforcement Research Award” award recognizes law enforcement agencies that demonstrate excellence in conducting and using research to improve police operations and public safety. See details and view past winners at https://www.theiacp.org/awards/iacpsimsi-leadership-in-law-enforcement-research-award]

Malta

Sponsorship: European Association of Crime Analysts (EACA), ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, crime-analysts.eu

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Sponsorship: Safe City Mississauga, 12th ANNUAL CRIME PREVENTION CONFERENCE, safecitymississauga.on.ca