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SPSS and Information Builders Partner to Assist Richmond Police Department in Forecasting Crime.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 08-NOV-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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CHICAGO -- To more effectively and efficiently deploy its police, the Richmond Virginia Police Department (RPD) has forged a partnership with SPSS and Information Builders to implement a map-based application that forecasts locations most likely to experience crime in a specified time period.

The application will combine SPSS' predictive analytics with Information Builders' enterprise business intelligence capabilities, along with an innovative analytical framework developed by RTI International that uses past and current criminal activity to predict areas in which crimes are most likely to occur. This framework supports the use of factors such as weather patterns, time of day and city-wide events, which are then used to calculate the likelihood of crime in a particular area.

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