Data Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS)
Georgia’s workshop goal is to introduce DDACTS to all Georgia law enforcement agencies, highway safety organizations, and safety data system managers. The goal includes facilitating a national DDACTS program implementation to all interested Georgia agencies.
DDACTS integrates location-based crime and traffic data to establish effective and efficient methods for deploying law enforcement and other resources. Using geomapping to identify areas that have high incidences of crime and crashes, DDACTS uses traffic enforcement strategies that play a dual role in fighting crime and reducing crashes and traffic violations. Drawing on the deterrent of highly visible traffic enforcement and the knowledge that crimes often involve the use of motor vehicles, the goal of DDACTS is to reduce the incidence of crime, crashes, and traffic violations across the country.
To help these agencies improve the quality of life within local communities, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) have developed programs that are joining Georgia forces to demonstrate Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety. Working with nonfederal organizations the partnership will demonstrate, promote and facilitate a local law enforcement operational strategy built around:
- Timely and accurate data collection and analysis.
- Identification of the nexus of crime and traffic safety.
- Coalitions of local partnerships including the full range of stakeholders.
- Integrated and strategic operations to extend resources and maximize impact.
DDACTS will be offered to Georgia law enforcement agencies to assist them in developing, implementing and evaluating their individual locally driven initiatives. NHTSA and BJA will support data collection and analysis combined with intelligence-led policing initiatives, and will provide technical support, web-based data reporting and an evaluation contractor. NIJ will provide guidance on spatial analysis.
Photos from the August 4, 2009 DDACTS Workshop in Macon, Georgia
On August 4, 2009, law enforcement professionals from around the state of Georgia joined together for the first Data Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) in Macon, Georgia. Sponsored by the Strategic Highway Safety Plan Team and the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, the DDACTS Workshop brought in law enforcement data experts from around the state and country to give an overview of the direction of technology and data as a way to focus enforcement resources.
Among the speakers at the DDACTS Workshop were:
Bob Dallas, Governor's Office of Highway Safety Director Colonel Ken Morcekl, Ohio State Police (Retired) Commander Michael Alexander, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Jason Wyatt, Crime Analyst, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Major Stewart Hicks, Georgia State Patrol Shenee Reid, Epidemiologist, Governor's Office of Highway Safety Ricky Rich, Director of Special Operations, Governor's Office of Highway Safety
The entire DDACTS Team would like to thank all speakers and participants in this year's workshop. Please click the thumbnails to view a larger image.
Additional photos from the event can be found at the We Hunt At Night website courtesy of Lou Crouch
Vehicle Crash Report--Lowndes County
The Valdosta-Lowndes Metropolitian Planning Organization has produced a Crash Report as a tool used to evaluate safety needs and to support project development in the Long Range Transportation Plan and Transportation Improvement Program.
The 2009 version of the report can be downloaded here....
