Using the Mapping System for Proactive Management

Abstract

One major but unanticipated result of the crime mapping project is what we have termed proactive management, defined by one official as an administrator having access to data so he can make decisions immediately. Rather than having to rely on central headquarters capabilities and wait for a cumbersome mainframe computer operation to eventually provide the requisite analysis, the district commander can now delegate the crime analysis officer to do the work, receive the results that day, and make management decisions as indicated. In current management science terminology, this is called a decision support system.