This post is a continuation of the once a week Friday Analysts' Corner post to explain, for working crime analysts, how to keep track of pattern data in their own files using MS Excel.
In Lesson Eight, let's look at the problem of traveling criminals. First read this Analysts' Corner blog post from March 27, 2008:
http://analystscorner.blogspot.com/2008/03/analyzing-problem-of-traveling.html
Now, query your crime data to see if you can find crimes you did not know you had in your area that might be perpetrated by traveling criminals. Look at last year's data and this year's data. Go back farther if you have time. Fill a workbook with the crimes. Be logical in designing what fields to track. Talk to other law enforcement agencies around you and find out if they have information on this topic. Talk to investigators to get their take on the problem. Are there repeat offenders? Do you have intelligence on them?
Maybe you don't have a problem with traveling criminals. Maybe you have another type of crime that doesn't fit standard categories. To track crimes specific to your jurisdiction, think out of the box. Think seasonal. Think regional. Think national. Think global.
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