Power BI for Crime Analysts

Analyze RMS and CAD data easily with Power BI

This comprehensive course is your ultimate guide to mastering Power BI, tailored specifically for professionals in law enforcement and public safety. Unlike other courses that focus on generic business data, this course is uniquely designed to help you understand and work with data structures commonly found in state and local police departments.

Focusing on key datasets such as CAD (Computer-Aided Dispatch) and RMS (Records Management System) data, you’ll learn how to clean, transform, and analyze these complex datasets to generate actionable insights. Whether you're a beginner or looking to advance your skills, this course will equip you with the tools and techniques necessary to create powerful visualizations used in modern crime analysis workflows.

Key topics include:

1. Crime Maps and Geospatial Analysis: Learn how to create detailed crime maps using Power BI’s integration with GIS tools, providing spatial insights essential for understanding crime patterns and trends.

2. COMPSTAT Dashboards: Build dynamic visualizations for tracking crime statistics, highlighting year-over-year trends, and supporting COMPSTAT meetings with clear, actionable data.

3. Problem-Oriented Policing Support: Develop visuals that pinpoint hotspots, identify root causes of recurring issues, and monitor the success of problem-oriented interventions.

4. Intelligence-Led Policing Tools: Use Power BI to visualize data that supports intelligence-driven strategies, including linking offenders, locations, and offenses for better resource allocation.

5. Stratified Policing Visualizations: Design reports and dashboards that align with the levels of analysis required in stratified policing frameworks, from tactical to strategic assessments.

What you'll learn:

• Data preparation: Transform CAD and RMS data into clean, usable formats.

• Crime trend analysis: Visualize patterns in time and geography to identify actionable insights.

• Spatial analysis: Integrate geospatial tools to map offenses, calls for service, and officer activity.

• Custom visualizations: Create heat maps, bar charts, scatter plots, and other visuals tailored to law enforcement workflows.

• Advanced dashboards: Combine visualizations into interactive dashboards for operational, tactical, and strategic crime analysis.

This course is ideal for crime analysts, law enforcement officers, and public safety professionals looking to enhance their data analysis capabilities. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to build robust Power BI dashboards and reports that drive informed decision-making and directly support initiatives like COMPSTAT, problem-oriented policing, intelligence-led policing, and stratified policing.

Don’t miss the opportunity to revolutionize how you analyze and present crime data—enroll today and start building insights that make your community safer.