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Tag: public safety

Advanced Analytics | Data for Good | Machine Learning

Flujo de trabajo y enfoque del análisis de textos

Cristina PérezApril 4, 2023 0

Analítica de textos e IA para identificar patrones de trata de seres humanos en la documentación policial

La información que los organismos policiales almacenan sobre detenciones o incidentes delictivos, así como los avisos a los departamentos de policía, tienen un valor enorme para resolver futuros casos que se pueden plantear. Analizar manualmente esta gran cantidad de datos en busca de patrones puede llevar mucho tiempo y sus

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Advanced Analytics | Data for Good | Machine Learning

Kirk SwilleyJanuary 18, 2023 0

Leveraging text analytics and AI to assess police narrative events indicating human trafficking

SAS' Kirk Swilley and Tom Sabo showcase how you can use perform text analysis on minimal structured narrative data to spot patterns of possible human trafficking.

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Advanced Analytics | Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Colin FieldNovember 18, 2022 0

Law enforcement needs text analytics on the case to overcome massive data analysis challenge

Imagine trying to dig a useful bit of information out of 50,000 lines of a chat log? Now, imagine if that needle in the haystack was the difference in a criminal being arrested or staying at-large? Thousands of lines of confusing and unreadable chat text are more and more frequently

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Advanced Analytics

La importancia de la operacionalización de modelos en Seguridad Pública

Ines RiestraJuly 27, 2022 0

La importancia de la operacionalización de modelos en Seguridad Pública

La toma de decisiones es crucial en cualquier organización, pero si hablamos de los servicios de Seguridad Pública, éstas determinan cómo será el desenlace de una situación crítica. La integración de la analítica en sus procesos beneficia a los cuerpos de seguridad al poder evaluar miles o millones de alternativas

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Advanced Analytics

Bill RaffertyJune 8, 2022 0

Cómo puede aplicarse la analítica en Seguridad Pública

El sector de la Seguridad Pública ya es plenamente consciente del potencial que le ofrece la analítica para mejorar su eficiencia y optimizar sus recursos pero, al mismo tiempo, se enfrenta a una serie de retos para poder implantarla. Ahora bien, ¿de qué forma se aplica la analítica a la

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Advanced Analytics

Bill RaffertyMay 25, 2022 0

Retos para la implantación de analítica en Seguridad Pública

Poseer la información adecuada en el momento preciso puede ser determinante en la resolución de un delito. Es por eso que una gestión de los datos que permita extraer de ellos el máximo valor se ha convertido en un aspecto fundamental para el sector de la Seguridad Pública. Información en

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Hidden Insights: How has the pandemic affected policing

Andy DaviesMay 22, 2020 0

How has the pandemic affected policing?

To respond to these demands the Police service will need to adapt and use every potential technology to support their officers in this unprecedented time.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Fraud & Security Intelligence

David KennedyApril 18, 2018 0

5 things law enforcement should know about SAS Intelligence and Investigation Management

Last week at SAS Global Forum, SAS launched a new solution for law enforcement. Powered by SAS® Visual Investigator, SAS® Intelligence and Investigation Management helps agencies integrate information to uncover sophisticated criminal activity, make connections in real time, and enhance collaboration in investigations. Data and analytics can provide tremendous value

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Analytics | Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence

David KennedyMarch 7, 2018 0

Criminal justice data system speeds prosecutions, helps put offenders away

Much has been written about the value that North Carolina’s Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data Services (CJLEADS) system has brought the state’s court personnel and law enforcement officers. CJLEADS integrates dozens of NC criminal justice and law enforcement data sets, a vast improvement over the state’s legacy processes. Law

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Analytics

Paula Henderson

Paula HendersonJune 23, 2017 0

SAS analytics for governments book empowers leaders to use data for good

A new book from SAS guides public sector leaders in the use of data to address a wide range of state and local government challenges. Each chapter deals with critical issues facing our country, including the opioid epidemic, child abuse, spiraling health care costs, prison overcrowding, education reform, rampant fraud and the

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Analytics

Vincent TalucciMarch 23, 2012 0

Promises, (over)promises

As public safety officials leaf through their favorite criminal justice periodical they are greeted with pages and pages of analytics advertisements. These ads are laden with promises of robust and scalable solutions, improved efficiencies and, yes, the promise of prediction. While reading the advertisements, the mental conversation may go something

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Fraud & Security Intelligence | Students & Educators

Paula Henderson

Paula HendersonDecember 21, 2011 0

2011: The more things change...

2011 saw incredible change in the states as more than half of the governorships changed hands. As expected, that caused significant turnover at the State CIO level, as well. So while executive and technology policies changed in many ways, the dismal budget situation reinforced the need to allocate tax pay

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Education | Government

Analytics

Vincent TalucciDecember 12, 2011 0

Just the facts: A short intro to Policing in the 21st Century

Since joining SAS, I no longer run screaming from social media, blogs, etc. In fact, I embrace exploring different mediums to highlight how SAS is assisting today’s law enforcement. To that end, and in recognition that sometimes less is more, I give you this short intro. SAS continues to push

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Analytics

Vincent TalucciNovember 4, 2011 0

Tower running

On September 10, 2001, I was attending a law enforcement conference in Atlantic City, NJ. While I have attended hundreds of similar meetings, this conference stands out for several reasons. First, and most obvious, it was the eve of the day where most of our lives were indelibly altered. Second,

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Analytics

Vincent TalucciJune 8, 2011 0

The police police

Policing has profoundly changed over the last several decades and its evolution will continue as long as there are crimes to commit and communities to serve. The very nature of policing is dynamic – it always has been and always will be. Those dynamics are driven by many things –

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Analytics

Paula Henderson

Paula HendersonApril 20, 2011 0

Practicalities of Analytics

This is a guest post from Jodi Blomberg, a Principal Technical Architect at SAS. She has over 12 years of experience in data mining and mathematical modeling, and has developed analytic models for many government agencies including child support enforcement, insurance fraud, intelligence led policing, supply chain logistics and adverse

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Analytics

Robert LathamJanuary 26, 2011 0

The role of analytics in bio-preparedness

I have recently had the great opportunity to be a part of a very special project called the North Carolina Bio-Preparedness Collaborative (NCB-Prepared) It is a public-private partnership that includes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), North Carolina State University, and SAS, with support from the US

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Analytics

Michael ProtzNovember 20, 2010 0

Fusion centers & the mail bomb plot

The recent mail bomb attempt on US-bound cargo and commercial airliners is another reminder of the terrorist threat the United States continues to face. While there may be a lull in the news cycles from time to time, the threat is there every day. A key component in detecting and

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Analytics

Vincent TalucciNovember 4, 2010 0

Who says you can't go home?

I recently returned from the 117th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) held in Orlando, Florida. It was a tad surreal to be back with the association members and colleagues with whom I worked so closely for almost eight years when I called IACP my

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Paula Henderson

Paula HendersonOctober 19, 2010 0

Statistics every day, in every state

Today SAS joins thousands of others across the globe to celebrate the first World Statistics Day, proclaimed by the United Nations as a way to “help strengthen the awareness and trust of the public in official statistics.” More than 85 government agencies in nearly 70 different countries around the world

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