Captain Jonas Baughman is a 17-year veteran of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (KCPD). A native of the Kansas City area, Captain Baughman has held assignments in patrol, investigations, crime/intelligence analysis, and administration during his tenure. Captain Baughman quickly found crime analysis to be his professional passion and more than 10 of his 17 years with the KCPD have been in positions related to crime or intelligence analysis. He has served as a sworn crime analyst; helped create the KCPD’s Real-time Crime Center; directed a squad of gang intelligence Detectives; and worked within the Office of the Chief of Police where he provided strategic analysis and other performance metrics to executive command staff to assist the department’s crime-fighting efforts. Captain Baughman is currently assigned to the Fiscal Division within the Executive Services Bureau.

• Foreword: A police chief’s thoughts about police data and analysisPrefaceSection 1: Why commanders need crime analysis and GISSection 2: Establishing a framework to support and embed crime analysis and GISSection 3: Tactical analysis for operationsSection 4: Intelligence analysis for empowering investigationsSection 5: Enhancing decision-making with strategic and administrative analysisSection 6: Advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologyAfterword: A crime analyst’s perspective for commandersAcknowledgments

Captain Jonas Baughman is a 17-year veteran of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (KCPD). A native of the Kansas City area, Captain Baughman has held assignments in patrol, investigations, crime/intelligence analysis, and administration during his tenure. Captain Baughman quickly found crime analysis to be his professional passion and more than 10 of his 17 years with the KCPD have been in positions related to crime or intelligence analysis. He has served as a sworn crime analyst; helped create the KCPD’s Real-time Crime Center; directed a squad of gang intelligence Detectives; and worked within the Office of the Chief of Police where he provided strategic analysis and other performance metrics to executive command staff to assist the department’s crime-fighting efforts. Captain Baughman is currently assigned to the Fiscal Division within the Executive Services Bureau.

• Foreword: A police chief’s thoughts about police data and analysisPrefaceSection 1: Why commanders need crime analysis and GISSection 2: Establishing a framework to support and embed crime analysis and GISSection 3: Tactical analysis for operationsSection 4: Intelligence analysis for empowering investigationsSection 5: Enhancing decision-making with strategic and administrative analysisSection 6: Advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologyAfterword: A crime analyst’s perspective for commandersAcknowledgments

Captain Jonas Baughman is a 17-year veteran of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (KCPD). A native of the Kansas City area, Captain Baughman has held assignments in patrol, investigations, crime/intelligence analysis, and administration during his tenure. Captain Baughman quickly found crime analysis to be his professional passion and more than 10 of his 17 years with the KCPD have been in positions related to crime or intelligence analysis. He has served as a sworn crime analyst; helped create the KCPD’s Real-time Crime Center; directed a squad of gang intelligence Detectives; and worked within the Office of the Chief of Police where he provided strategic analysis and other performance metrics to executive command staff to assist the department’s crime-fighting efforts. Captain Baughman is currently assigned to the Fiscal Division within the Executive Services Bureau.

• Foreword: A police chief’s thoughts about police data and analysisPrefaceSection 1: Why commanders need crime analysis and GISSection 2: Establishing a framework to support and embed crime analysis and GISSection 3: Tactical analysis for operationsSection 4: Intelligence analysis for empowering investigationsSection 5: Enhancing decision-making with strategic and administrative analysisSection 6: Advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologyAfterword: A crime analyst’s perspective for commandersAcknowledgments