This issue focuses on how police can use geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical analysis to create police districts that balance officer workloads, and how they can best allocate resources. Articles focus on how two communities redrew district boundaries, and highlight techniques and technologies that can help police respond faster and more effectively to emergency situations. The issue also provides highlights successful redistricting projects in the news, and discusses two of the MAPS program’s internal research projects.

Aricles include:

• Districting and Resource Allocation: A Question of Balance
• Tucson Police Officers Redraw Division Boundaries to Balance Their Workload
• Tactical Deployment: The Next Great Paradigm Shift in Law Enforcement?
• Geospatial Technology Helps East Orange