GIS Project Proposal #1 MSGIS

Why do this project?
The City of Redlands is an average-sized city that is rapidly becoming a representative example of ESRI’s market base. For this reason, Redlands stands to be the model city for
the adoption of GIS technology. GIS has been a part of the police department’s regular business process since the mid 90’s, and there are two crime analysts and a database
technician that will be available to facilitate your success with this project.

The City of Redlands holds an enterprise GIS license and is also a user of the Omega Group’s CrimeView, one of ESRI’s most active business partners. There is an explicit need
for this project, and there is a culture of acceptance and data sharing with the Redlands Police Department and the City of Redlands. Here is your chance to work with an
emerging field of GIS.


There are two very attractive features to partnering with us:
1. We are close enough to meet with frequently.
2. Your client has been through the U of Redlands MSGIS program, and understands what
the MIP process entails. Scope creep will be minimized and we’ll tailor your project to suit
your needs and interests.

What is this project about?

Time-based correlative analysis
There are currently 16 cars being tracked by in-car GPS
units in the RPD. The GPS unit is embedded in the wireless
modem and updates the live signal to the server. This produces
a database that is transfered from the UNIX environment
into a SQL table. We regualrly geoprocess this into a
feature class. The table identifies which incidents are being
worked on, or if the officer is on proactive patrol time.
What we need is a time-based correlative analysis to answer
the question: are the officers patrolling the right places at
the right times? Because this is a new process for police
departments and crime analysis units, this methodology
stands to be very repeatable and will be shared with the
broader crime analysis community. We have developed
some concepts, but there will be an opportunity to brainstorm
use case scenarios and produce an original solution to
a new problem.

Product
There is flexibility for what the data-product will entail, but
the ideal situation will include a series of geoprocessing
tasks and a series of ArcGIS Server mapservices to be
shown through intranet-based applications and desktop
clients.
Support for your MIP will include regular access to our
network and our staff. For this reason, a light background
check will be necessary.

Who should I contact about this project?

Philip Mielke
Interim GIS Administrator
City of Redlands
pmielke@cityofredlands.org
909-335-4784
redlandsgis.blogspot.com
gis.cityofredlands.org