Skip to local navigation | Skip to main content

Get the Bulletin

Geography & Public Safety is published quarterly and is available in print and electronically.

Mapping & Analysis

NIJ's Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety (MAPS) program supports research that helps agencies use GIS to enhance public safety. The program examines:

  • How to use maps to analyze crime.
  • How to analyze spatial data.
  • How maps can help researchers evaluate programs and policies.
  • How to develop mapping, data sharing and spatial analysis tools.

Learn all about MAPS.

Geography and Public Safety Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 4: Districting and Resource Allocation

by National Institute of Justice and the Office of Community Oriented Policing ServicesJune 2009

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