Justice helps police with free mapping software

Posted by tadelste on Sep 28, 2005 10:22 AM EDT
Federal Computer Week; By Aliya Sternstein
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Earlier this month, Justice Department officials handed out a free software program to police as part of a new crime prevention system. The CD-ROM allows regional law enforcement agencies to store crime-mapping data, pinpointing areas of past criminal activity and the locations of known domestic violence criminals, gangs and prostitution rings, in a repository for sharing with other jurisdictions. The system, called the Geospatial Repository for Analysis and Safety Planning (GRASP), would guide officers assigned to patrol roving perpetrators, such as the recent snipers and other serial offenders, by pinpointing optimal hiding locations and the spots of previous arrests.

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