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About
MACA
The Massachusetts Association
of Crime Analysts is a non-profit professional organization dedicated
to:
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Training crime analysts
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Encouraging the development
of crime analysis among police agencies
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Providing a forum to share
techniques, tools, and ideas
To achieve these goals, MACA
holds monthly meetings (which include training), runs an Annual
Training Conference, conducts training and technical support throughout
New England, prepares articles and presentations on a number of crime
analysis topics, and provides an e-mail discussion list for our members.
Though most of our 80 members
work for Massachusetts, we serve the entire New England area and
beyond: we have members from Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, New
York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Colorado, and
Washington. Most of our members are employees of police agencies.
MACA was organized in the
Spring of 1997 by Officer Robert Stering of the Waltham Police
Department, shortly after he was assigned to crime analysis in his
agency.
Milestones
in MACA History:
| Spring
1997 |
The Massachusetts Association
of Crime Analysts is formed |
| Summer
1997 |
The first executive board is
appointed from among the association's members |
| February
1998 |
The first set of bylaws is approved |
| April
1998 |
MACA's web site goes online,
hosted by Ableweb
of Derry, NH |
| May
1998 |
MACA's first group training,
a three-day event held at the ESRI
offices in Danvers, MA |
| July
15-16, 1998 |
MACA's first Annual
Training Conference, held at Westfield State College
in Westfield, MA. This two-day training
featured several moderated discussions on various crime analysis topics. |
| October
1998 |
Sherlock
Holmes-over-Massachusetts approved as official logo. |
| April
1999 |
MACA is incorporated as a
non-profit organization |
| May
17-19, 1999 |
MACA's first major
conference, the second Annual Training Conference,
held at the Sea
Crest Resort & Conference Center in
Falmouth, MA. Jane Perlov, Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety,
delivers the keynote address. Even the conference planners were
surprised at the turnout: over 110 people, from as far away as
California, Arizona, and Canada attended. |
| June
1999 |
First election of officers under the
bylaws. |
| August
1999 |
MACA becomes an
organizational member of the International
Association of Crime Analysts |
| October
1999 |
First dues-paying year
begins; first official membership
roster established |
| May
2-5, 2000 |
MACA's third Annual
Training Conference held at the Sea Crest on Cape Cod.
Professor Jack McDevitt of Northeastern University is the keynote
speaker. |
| November
15, 2000 |
MACA's web site transfers to
a new domain: MACrimeAnalysts.com |
| May
15-18, 2001 |
MACA's fourth Annual
Training Conference, held again at the Sea Crest. Chief
Thomas Casady of the Lincoln (NE) Police Department and Noah Fritz,
President of the IACA, deliver keynote addresses. |
| June
13, 2001 |
Officer Francis Hynes of
Hartford, Connecticut, is elected Vice President of Membership,
becoming MACA's first non-Massachusetts board member. |
| May
13-16, 2002 |
MACA's fifth Annual
Training Conference is held at the Sheraton Hyannis Resort.
Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety James P. Jajuga
delivers the keynote. The conference is a financial and critical
success. |
| July
17, 2002 |
Members vote to allow student membership
at one-half the regular membership rate. |
| June
9-12, 2003 |
MACA's sixth Annual
Training Conference is held at the Sheraton Hyannis Resort.
Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Edward A. Flynn
delivers the keynote. |
| May 17-20, 2004 |
MACA's seventh Annual
Training Conference in Hyannis. Rana Sampson, an
international problem-oriented policing consultant, gives everyone a
shot in the arm, and Superintendent Ed Davis of
the Lowell Police Department delivers the keynote. |
| May 17-20, 2005 |
MACA's eighth Annual
Training Conference in Hyannis. Colonel Tom Robbins of the
Massachusetts State Police gives the keynote. |
| May 16-19, 2006 |
MACA's ninth Annual
Training Conference in Hyannis. Chief Tom Casady of the
Lincoln (NE) Police returns for the first time since 2001 to give a
featured presentation. |
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