Symbolic meaning of the round table Disclaimer Success Stories Bryan Hill of Glendale, AZ works with Phoenix police and their crime analysis unit to solve a case of robbery and homicide. Websites in the Spotlight Susan Wernicke's fourth site review is of the CMRC Website Responses from readers Site Map Forum Topics Sought Data Sharing Success Stories C. A. Web Sites Training / Conferences Publications Digest Edition 1.5    Fall 2001    Updated November 27, 2001 E d i t o r i a l The Future of the Round Table An idea whose time has not come? Finding people to write forum articles has proved to be even more difficult than we thought it would be, and even the responses to the few articles that have been published have been few and far between. In other words, forums, the essential reason to exist of the Round Table, are just not happening. Please continue inside Community Policing and the Role of the Analyst Mark Stallo on a C.P. effort in Dallas, plus a little pump- priming for a forum on the subject There is no shortage of written material on community policing, and the topic occasionally surfaces in the domain of crime analysis. But how often do you find real focus on the role of the analyst in a community policing program? More inside, please continue Community Policing and the Role of the Analyst Mark Stallo describes the design and implementation of a target-area community policing program in Dallas. The Functions of Crime Analysis Don Chamberlayne proposes a list of functions of crime analysis and roles that some analysts play, and touches on some themes which call out for discussion. The purpose of this article is to set the table. The Southwest Oak Cliff Rapist (Dallas) Mark Stallo on using time and space relationships through GIS to solve a series of rapes in Dallas. A Thousand Words for a Picture Christopher Bruce on the uses and misuses of GIS. UCR Coding and the Crime Analyst Debra Piehl describes some of her frustrations in working with UCR data. Dan Bibel, of the Mass. State Police, responds. Other comments S i x - P a r t  S e r i e s Operations Analysis: Part One Fran Hynes describes the process followed by the Hartford, CT PD in its efforts to optimize the use of scarce patrol resources. For those called upon to do it, operations analysis can be complex and demanding, leaving little room for other tasks.    More coming soon. visitors since May 22, 2001

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