Law Enforcement AnalyticsMilwaukee County Sheriff’s Office

Captain Brian BarkowBrian.Barkow@milwcnty.com Law Enforcement Analytics Division (L.E.A.D.)Milwaukee County Sheriff’s OfficeMilwaukee, Wisconsin

Captain Brian M. Barkow Biography

Captain Brian Barkow was appointed to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office in September of 1997. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in August of 2006. In March of 2009, Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., promoted him to the rank of Captain.

Currently, Captain Barkow commands the Law Enforcement Analytics Division (L.E.A.D.), which provides tactical, operational, and strategic analysis for the agency. L.E.A.D., a highly innovative division, utilizes the nationally recognized COMPSTAT model in analyzing data, crime trends, and tracking resource and performance accountability in all Sheriff’s Office operations by utilizing state of the art business intelligence software.

In March 2009, Captain Barkow was assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division where he oversaw the operations of the General Investigations Unit, Special Investigations Unit, Background Investigations Unit, Drug Enforcement Unit, and all agency Task Force assignments.

In 2004, Captain Barkow earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Captain Barkow is a 2008 graduate from the Future Milwaukee Leadership Training program at Marquette University. Captain Barkow is a recent graduate of the National Institute of Justice Law Enforcement Technology Institute. Captain Barkow serves on several committees in Milwaukee County that promote the technical advancement of the criminal justice system and is a current member of the Professional Crime Analysts committee at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.

Speaking Points

• Why Analytics??

• Current Implementation: A.R.M.E.D. powered by Information Builders’ Law Enforcement Analytics System - CompStat and Business Intelligence Dashboards

• Future Initiatives

“Profiting from your most important business asset”

– Thomas C. Redman – author of Data Driven

Migration to “Intelligence-Led” policingProactive rather than reactive

Visualization of Incidents, Patterns, and Trends.

Management of Resources Evidence based tactics and strategies Interagency Data and Intelligence sharing

“Best Practices”

Increased ProductivityAutomate CompStat Reporting ProcessCommand Staff resources focus on

analyzing operations

Efficiency and AgilityInformation Alerts and Triggers Enable enterprise wide information access

Reduce Decision-Making Cycles Quickly recognize important trendsDecisions based on current and credible

informationProvide actionable information

Return on Investment-Case Studies

Improved Data Models

Informed Decision Making

Increased Productivity and

EfficienciesCost Savings $$$$$$$

Data preparation Civil Process Mapping Officer Assaults

Speaking Points

• Why Analytics??

• Current Implementation: A.R.M.E.D. powered by Information Builders’ Law Enforcement Analytics System - CompStat and Business Intelligence Dashboards

• Future Initiatives

Analyze Data

Review Findings

Mobilize Resources

Evaluate Performance

Document Results

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Organizational Challenges Budget Constraints Limited resources; unlimited issues Data silos or “islands”

Inter-agency and intra-agency Disparate Data Sources

Hard and Soft DataHome Grown and Ad Hoc

Operational Inefficiencies Outmoded and Redundant Operations/Systems Data Integrity and Governance

Data Silos

Patrol Services

Court Services RMSJails CAD Budget/

FinanceScheduling

Investigative Services

Inter-agency

Intra-agency

Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Data Sources

Hard Data – Data that is available in an MCSO Data Base

Soft Data– Data not available in an MSCO data Base– Typically tracked on paper

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Paper Templates

Typed into Excel Re-Typed and/or Linked into Excel

Hand Written

Data Collection Templates

Data Aggregation

Re-Typed and/or Linked into Excel

Templates

COMPSTAT

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Disparate ‘Hard’ Data Sources

“CJIS” Criminal Information Application Phoenix Records Management System Positron Computer Aided Dispatch Airport Dispatch (Access Data Base) Badger Tracks Ceridian Payroll Transit Data BRASS Jail Activity Tracker Staff Management Excel Spreadsheets A variety of Division controlled SQL and Access

structures

Home Grown “Soft” Data Sources Daily Activity Sheets Log Sheets Shift Summaries Risk Management Total Personnel Time Analysis Complaints (IA) Overtime Analysis Etc.

Organizational Approach

Simplify

Standardize

Centralize

Data Cleansing and Interrogation

Data Systems Data-mart

Reporting Dynamic Data Entry App

Data Entry Real time reporting

Current Implementation• CompStat Reporting System• Interactive Mapping of Incidents, Calls for

Service and Civil Process activities• Dashboard with KPI’s & drill-downs• Data Analysis and Operational Dashboard

Phased Deployment

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3 Future Phase 3 Predictive Analytics Inter Agency Information

Exchange

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Start

Future Phase 2 Ad-Hoc reporting Triggers and Alerts Custom Operational Reports

Using wave investment planning to roll out in phases

Law Enforcement Analytics Centralized reporting & performance

management solution with CompStat based reportsKey Performance Indicators (KPI) reportsManagement and Operational Dashboards with drill-

downsIntegration for data connectivityInteractive Mapping CapabilitiesData MiningEnterprise Information Search

Information exchange with other agencies and jurisdictions

MCSO CompStat Dashboard

All CompStat Reports Have Drill Downs into WebFOCUS Active Reports

Active ReportsGenerate Graphs and Reports Which Can Be Emailed

Performance Indicators Report

Performance Indicators - Pay TypesShowing Active Report With Pie ChartReports output into HTML, Excel, PDF or Active Report

Overtime and Off Time ReportsWith graphic indicators

Risk Management Report

Incident Calls For Service Interactive Mapping

Drill Down From Map to Incident Report in RMS

Dynamic Data Entry ApplicationCreating forms online

Dynamic Data Entry ApplicationCreating forms online

Access to Phoenix from the Dashboard

Data AnalysisIncidents from the RMS system for the last 7 days

Speaking Points

• Why Analytics??

• Current Implementation: A.R.M.E.D. powered by Information Builders’ Law Enforcement Analytics System - CompStat and Business Intelligence Dashboards

• Future Initiatives

Future Initiatives

Predictive Analytics Structured Ad-Hoc reporting Triggers and Alerts Custom Operational Reports Inter Agency Information Exchange

Questions?

Brian Barkow, Captain

Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office

Police Services Bureau

Law Enforcement Analytics Division

Analyze Data

Review Findings

Mobilize Resources

Evaluate Performance

Document Results

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