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naturalchemist

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In the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment, reactive beats had three times the level of random patrol activity.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What is GIS and why is it important in policing?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Aug 17, 2018
Answer to Question 1

FALSE

Answer to Question 2

A GIS is an automated system for the capture, storage, retrieval, analysis, and display of spatial data. Others have noted that GIS technology is to geographical analysis what the microscope, the telescope, and computers have been to other sciences (Cowen 2001, p. 3), By visually representing diverse data sources that can be geographically located, such as crime events, land usage, property values, racial ethnic composition, and so on, GIS enables planners to manipulate and display geographical knowledge in new and exciting ways (Cowen 2001, p. 3). Despite its diverse applications across various fields, the common focus of GIS is the enhancement of decision making.
In law enforcement, GIS has revolutionized the practice of electronic crime mapping and the way problem-oriented policing


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naturalchemist

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Reply #2 on: Aug 17, 2018
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