RESEARCH SURVEY REPORT ON CRIME ANALYTIC SOFTWARE USE, ADOPTION AND FUTURE TRENDS

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1 RESEARCH SURVEY REPORT ON CRIME ANALYTIC SOFTWARE USE, ADOPTION AND FUTURE TRENDS CONDUCTED BY POLICE MAGAZINE SPONSORED BY

2 RESEARCH SURVEY REPORT In September 2014, Police Magazine and Wynyard Group collaborated on a research survey of U.S. police and law enforcement professionals, to report on the current and planned use of crime analytic software, adoption levels, interest in future adoption, obstacles, and attitudes towards crime analytic software. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 36% of respondents said their agencies are currently using crime fighting software. Of those departments that are using crime-fighting software, 63% are using it to fight drug-related crimes. In the departments that were not using crime-fighting software, 70% said they would use it to fight drug crimes if they had it. Nearly half of all respondents said that limited budgets are the greatest impediment to deploying software for crime-fighting. 91% of survey respondents answered yes they believe crime-fighting software and advanced crime analytics will become the industry norm in the future METHODOLOGY: The survey participants were solicited from Police Magazine s enewsletter subscriber membership. A total of 274 responded, including police chiefs, federal investigators, analysts, and other law enforcement officials. The survey results were released in October As an incentive for participating in the survey, Wynyard made a $10 donation for each completed survey to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The maximum of $1,500 was reached and a check for that amount was presented to the NLEOMF. FINDINGS: 36% are using crime fighting software right now 52% plan to use it in the future 91% see it becoming more widely used in the future

3 IMPORTANCE OF / NEED FOR ANALYTIC CAPABILITIES Drug related 63% Robbery 54% Gang violence 49% Crimes currently being solved with analytics software Gun related crime Fraud and Financial crime Sex crimes Homicide Organized crime Human trafficking Border related crime 14% 24% 21% 38% 40% 48% 48% Drug related 70% Fraud and Financial crime 50% Crimes that participants departments would be able to solve better with analytics software Robbery Gang violence Gun related crime Sex crimes Human trafficking Homicide Organized crime Border related crime 10% 19% 23% 22% 43% 40% 36% 34% Possible to use in the field Average value of analytics software capabilities to participants agency Ability to upload and analyze any data from any data source Least valuable Predictive analytics capability Collaborative capabilities Most valuable Fast time to deployment Faster discovery of entity relationships 55% Being able to solve crimes faster 49% Making better use of data in investigations 37% Most important benefits in participants selection of crime analytic software? Allowing you to analyze more types of data Being able to build stronger cases for prosecuters Generating evidence with geo-location tools Making your team more productive and efficient Freeing resources to increase officers on street 35% 33% 29% 29% 27%

4 Greatest impediments to participants agencies deploying analytics software for fighting crime Limited budget Perceived high cost Unclear understanding of how analytic software helps Getting leadership buy-in Resisteance to new technology Limits of IT team Held back by legacy systems Perceived difficulty of staff training Concerns over potential abuse 11% 7% 6% 3% 3% 1% 0.5% 24% 45% If given the choice to invest in one of these technologies, which would you choose? Analytics software for fighting crime Surveillance technologies Protective technologies such as Kevlar New weapons 9% 23% 32% 37% ABOUT THE RESPONDENTS % Number of sworn officers in participants departments % 8% 4% 12% Police Detective 14% Police Sergeant 22% Participants job titles Police Officer 34% Police Lieutenant 14% Police Commander 11% Police Deputy Chief 7%

5 CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that, while the law enforcement community recognizes the power and the value of crime-fighting software and analytics in making our communities safer, we have a ways to go before use is widespread, said Derek Brown, Vice President Americas for Wynyard Group. The perception is that this technology is too expensive and too complicated, when in fact there are affordable options that are fast to deploy, easy to use, and provide valuable insights very quickly. There s no reason most law enforcement departments in the U.S. shouldn t have this technology. More than 90 percent of respondents believe that crime-fighting software and advanced crime analytics will become the industry norm in the near future, while more than half are already making plans to incorporate such technology into their local police departments. The top capability that would be most valuable to agencies in their evaluation of or choice of analytics software is predictive analytics for predicting crime hotspots, persons of interest likely to commit crimes, peak crimes, and more. In addition to combating drug crimes better, departments if they had analytics software - would use it mainly to fight fraud and financial crime, robbery, and gang violence. For more Information, contact Wynyard (US) at (571) or Infoam@wynyardgroup.com

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