THE PRIME DIRECTIVE FOR REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE A NIBRS CASE STUDY Max Schlueter, Ph.D. Director VERMONT CRIME INFORMATION CENTER.

THE PRIME DIRECTIVE FOR

REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT

VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE A NIBRS CASE STUDY

Max Schlueter, Ph.D. Director

VERMONT CRIME INFORMATION CENTER

THE PRIME DIRECTIVE FOR SUCCESSFUL REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT

“GIVE AND TAKE”

– IF YOU REQUIRE AGENCIES TO GIVE YOU DATA, YOU MUST PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE BACK DATA OF VALUE.

THE “TAKE”

• PROVIDE CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES WITH ACCESS TO:– THEIR OWN DATA -- ADDED VALUE

– DATA FROM OTHER AGENCIES

• ACCESS SHOULD BE:– TIMELY

– FREE

– SELF-SERVICE

– USER FRIENDLY QUERY/REPORT SOFTWARE

THE VERMONT NIBRS PROGRAM -- BEFORE

LOCAL AGENCIES WERE REQUIRED TO GIVE NIBRS DATA TO THE STATE UCR PROGRAM AT VCIC

BUT….

VCIC DID NOT PROVIDE LOCAL AGENCIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE BACK VALUABLE INFORMATION (….OR ANY INFORMATION AT ALL FOR THAT MATTER.)

CONSEQUENCES OF GIVE BUT NOT TAKE:

• COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS

• POOR DATA QUALITY

• TARDY AND INCOMPLETE SUBMISSIONS

VERMONT’S SOLUTION TO GIVE AND TAKE…

VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE

WHAT ISVERMONT CRIME ON-LINE?

NIBRS CRIME REPORTING & ANALYSIS TOOL

WEB-BASED

INTERACTIVE

STANDARD OR CUSTOM REPORTS

POWERFUL BUT USER FRIENDLY

FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT & PUBLIC.

UPDATED QUARTERLY

• DATA PRESENTED AS REPORTS OR CHARTS

• PROVIDES FOR DIFFERENT DATA VIEWS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT VS. PUBLIC

• CALCULATES BASIC STATISTICS

• DRILLTHROUGH TO CASE LEVEL

• CUSTOM REPORTS CAN BE SAVED

• DATA CAN BE EXTRACTED AND DOWNLOADED (e.g., EXCEL)

COLLABORATIVE VENTURE

• VERMONT CRIME INFORMATION CENTER

• VERMONT CENTER FOR JUSTICE RESEARCH (STATE SAC)

• BEYOND 20/20 (WWW.BEYOND2020.COM)

VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE

• ACCESSED FROM DPS WEB SITE

– WWW.DPS.STATE.VT.US

– GO TO CRIME REPORT LINK

• TWO SITES

– PUBLIC: NO LOGIN

– LAW ENFORCEMENT: LOGIN REQUIRED

VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE

DEMONSTRATION

PRELIMINARY EVALUATION RESULTS:

• STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE VCON APPLICATION AS

• USER FRIENDLY• PROVIDES INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR

REPORTING, FUNDING, INVESTIGATIONS

• INCREASED COMMITMENT TO DATA QUALITY

• INCREASED COMMITMENT TO TIMELY SUBMISSION

THANK YOU!