The 2012 LOSS (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors) Conference will be held May 31 - June 1, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Frank Campbell, a leading expert in Suicidology along with other experts, will share the lessons learned in years of helping survivors of suicide, how sudden traumatic loss impacts survivors and grief through the different developmental stages.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MOREGeographic Information Systems (GIS) are used by police departments to visualize the location of crime events and addresses of persons of interest stored in a centralized database on a digital map and to model crime patterns for criminal activity prediction. Most police departments, however, have not yet integrated their GIS data with Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) and Global Position Systems (GPS) for use in their field operations. This lack of integration inhibits law enforcement capabilities, in terms of being able to identify points of interest like the address of an individual with a recently issued arrest warrant.
This study examines laptop and hand-held computing devices that integrate geospatial technologies for use by Lincoln police officers. Geocoded police data will be incorporated into the moving map of an AVL system, so that police officers are constantly being presented with information about events or persons of interest (sex offenders, paroles, gang members, etc.) relevant to their current position. The ability to instantaneously visualize information is expected to increase efficiently serving warrants, monitoring parolees, or recognizing crime patterns. Participants for this study will be police officers from the Lincoln Police Department with oversight from , Tom Casady project Co-PI.
Key Partners
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Lincoln Police Department
Funding
United States National Institute of Justice (Geospatial Technology)
Media
Lincoln police employ smartphone technology to fight crime. NET Radio. 06-14-11.
In The News 
Researchers to Track Technology, Find Best Tool to Aid Police (2010-10-19). University Communications.
UNL and LPD Team Up to Fight Crime. (2010-10-1). 10-11 News (.mp4 file 1 minute).
LPD and UNL Get Grants to Help Officers Fight Crime. (2010-10-19). KLKN (.mp4 file 1 minute).
Lincoln Police Employ Smartphone Technology to Fight Crime. (2011-06-14). NET Radio.
Mobile Device App Revolutionizes Police Work. (2011-06-20). 10/11 News.
Finding Crooks? "There's an app for that" (2010-10-15). Lincoln Journal Star.
How Location-Based Services Can Improve Policing. (2011-06-01). Police Chief Magazine.
Lincoln Cops' App up for Download. (2011-08-24). Lincoln Journal Star.
UNL Researchers Deploy Crime-Fighting Technology. (2011-09-12). UNL Announce.
Police Look to Technology to Improve Efficiency. (2011-09-23). Duluth News Tribune.
New UNL Technology Provides Location-Based Crime Data to Police. (2012-03-8). Silicone Prairie News.
UNL Spinout Deploys Mobile Software Nationwide. (2012-03-8). Nebraska Entrepreneur.
UNL Spinout Deploys Mobile Software Nationwide. (2012-03-8). NUtech Ventures.
New App Helps Police. (2012-03-11). KLKN Channel 8 News.
Name: Tarik Abdel-Monem
E-mail: tabdelmonem@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-3147
Name: Ashok Samal
E-mail: asamal1@unl.edu
Phone: (402) 472-2217
Name: Alan Tomkins
E-mail: atomkins@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-5688
