Leading with Data: A Police Commander’s Guide to GIS & Crime Analysis is the essential text for commanders to use spatial analysis to lead effectively and meet their agency’s goals.
Leading with Data: A Police Commander’s Guide to GIS & Crime Analysis is the essential text for commanders to use spatial analysis to lead effectively and meet their agency’s goals.
The fundamental guide for police commanders on using crime analysis to lead effectively.
Effective, actionable crime analysis can empower modern law enforcement agencies, and their commanders, to promote public safety. But how do police commanders use this information to lead their agency strategically? Leading with Data: A Police Commander’s Guide to GIS & Crime Analysis shows how to take a geographical approach to analyzing and utilizing police data, allowing commanders to make more efficient and effective decisions. A strong crime analysis and mapping platform can help commanders sift through large amounts of data and other information to discover what matters most in relation to the agency’s operational priorities as well as those voiced by local communities.
This book covers how to:
Use crime analysis and GIS to provide substantial insight into the causes of a given problem and design the best possible strategies for collaboration and positive outcomes
Utilize crime analysts in a productive and impactful way
Successfully implement GIS and crime analysis into practice on the job
Support crime analysis in an organization
Written to be immediately useful for police commanders, whether new to crime analysis or having direct experience in the matter, Leading with Data is a practical reference guide and provides both introductory and complex topics. The primary goals of this book are to expose law enforcement command staff to basic elements and concepts of GIS and crime analysis, and to then build on that exposure by encouraging the ongoing use of the different types of analysis for day-to-day operations as well as other needs, such as strategic planning, crime accountability meetings, or public outreach.
Today’s policing requires that commanders know how to use crime analysis and data-driven strategies effectively for problem-solving purposes – and this book shows the way.
Details
Price: $29.99
Pages: 135
Carton Quantity: 20
Publisher: Esri Press
Imprint: Esri Press
Publication Date: 9th December 2025
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 in
ISBN: 9781589487482
Format: Paperback
BISACs: LAW / Evidence SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
Author Bio
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.
The fundamental guide for police commanders on using crime analysis to lead effectively.
Effective, actionable crime analysis can empower modern law enforcement agencies, and their commanders, to promote public safety. But how do police commanders use this information to lead their agency strategically? Leading with Data: A Police Commander’s Guide to GIS & Crime Analysis shows how to take a geographical approach to analyzing and utilizing police data, allowing commanders to make more efficient and effective decisions. A strong crime analysis and mapping platform can help commanders sift through large amounts of data and other information to discover what matters most in relation to the agency’s operational priorities as well as those voiced by local communities.
This book covers how to:
Use crime analysis and GIS to provide substantial insight into the causes of a given problem and design the best possible strategies for collaboration and positive outcomes
Utilize crime analysts in a productive and impactful way
Successfully implement GIS and crime analysis into practice on the job
Support crime analysis in an organization
Written to be immediately useful for police commanders, whether new to crime analysis or having direct experience in the matter, Leading with Data is a practical reference guide and provides both introductory and complex topics. The primary goals of this book are to expose law enforcement command staff to basic elements and concepts of GIS and crime analysis, and to then build on that exposure by encouraging the ongoing use of the different types of analysis for day-to-day operations as well as other needs, such as strategic planning, crime accountability meetings, or public outreach.
Today’s policing requires that commanders know how to use crime analysis and data-driven strategies effectively for problem-solving purposes – and this book shows the way.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 135
Carton Quantity: 20
Publisher: Esri Press
Imprint: Esri Press
Publication Date: 9th December 2025
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 in
ISBN: 9781589487482
Format: Paperback
BISACs: LAW / Evidence SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
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.