From Insight to Action: Stories That Matter

ShotSpotter nos dio esa posibilidad no solo de llegar a tiempo y encontrar en la escena delincuentes disparando en el momento y poder llevarlos ante la justicia, sino también tan importante como eso nos dio la posibilidad de salvar vidas. Porque en definitiva, si uno llega más rápido y llega a tiempo y encuentra una persona herida, puede trasladarla rápidamente a un hospital y lograr salvar la vida. Entonces, de alguna forma nos dio esa doble posibilidad, la de llegar a tiempo, tratar de agarrar infraganti delito a un delincuente, pero al mismo tiempo salvar vidas, que también lo que estábamos buscando como forma de bajar el nivel de homicidios.

“The ShotSpotter technology targets [gun] violence, quickly puts our officers where they’re needed, and helps us identify shooters, while building trust and restoring peace in the challenged communities we serve.”

While preparing for a second degree murder trial stemming from a fentanyl overdose, the defense attempted to make the state believe a witness for the state was going to “be destroyed” by the defendant’s ex-girlfriend. The defense provided a name for the ex-girlfriend and the city she lived in. Using this technology, I was able to locate the witnesses’ information and speak with her on the phone. This technology was the only place I found a good phone number for her in multiple databases. Being able to speak with her was very important during trial prep.

Working a CC Fraud case(2022000103) and the item purchased fraudulently was shipped to an address in Clarksville, TN. So by posting the reports with the narrative helped determine my suspect was not my suspect after all. She thought she was working for a legit business that she applied to online.

I conducted numerous search warrants for the sale of narcotics and have large amounts of cash seizures to show for it.

I recently received information from a Cooperating Source (CS) regarding an individual bringing narcotics into the region. The CS did not have a lot of detail, but provided small pieces of information that was unique, such as the Subject once lived in California and owns a specific transport company. By plugging in the vague pieces of information into the advanced search window, I was able to get solid intelligence on who the source may be. Then, by using the “Associate” search filter, I was able to locate other addresses, vehicles, and individuals the suspect was associated with, which help corroborate the information provided by the CS.

Forensic Logic* has been a valuable tool in Oakland’s Ceasefire and intelligence-based strategies. Forensic Logic* allowed us to track and identify conflicts keeping us focused on the very small part of the population that was driving the violence. As a result, gun violence dropped by nearly 50% in five years while our negative footprint on the community shrunk. With the help of Forensic Logic*, Oakland was able to make the City a safer place and improve its relationship with the community at the same time.

Forensic Logic* is the heart and soul of our IT, search, analysis and reporting across all of our databases. We’d be lost without it.