Municipal Law Enforcement
data maintenance and management services to municipal law enforcement agencies.
Using GIS In Your Job
WTH has over 20 years of experience in providing GIS services for local law enforcement and public safety response.
Some benefits of using GIS in your Work:
- Better performance in responding to emergency events
- The ability to record events in real time and share this information with 911 dispatch, first responders and public officials.
- The ability to create preplans for schools, businesses, high-risk facilities, and large planned events such as fairs and festivals.
- The ability to track vehicles while on patrol or responding to an event.
WTH uses locally available Aerial Photography and the best local GIS data – WTH builds maps for Police Departments that include the most accurate and currently available County and State aerial photography and local GIS layers rather than rely on generic national map.
Experienced 911 GIS technical support – WTH has a service support staff that averages over 18 years of GIS technical experience. We know that a local law enforcement agency operates 24/7 under stressful conditions. WTH is part of your team to maintain your GIS system at all times and under the worst of conditions.
GIS Software System Design – Each community has its own unique public safety priorities and the kinds of events that it must prepare for. WTH support staff are prepared to work with local law enforcement agencies to select the best mix of software for their unique needs. WTH can assist in developing relevant GIS layers and preplans and provide advice on integrating GIS software with computer and receiver hardware.
GIS Products and Services
Some of the WTH GIS products that are used by Police Departments include the following:
Think GIS User for 911 Response Mapping – Think GIS User allows for viewing on laptops in police and response vehicles and can receive current 911 information. The software can operate with an Internet connection or offline so your map is always working.
Think GIS Editor - Think GIS Editor has full mapping and editing capability and can be used for mapping sex offenders, high crime areas, event pre-plans and other public safety mapping.
ThinkGIS.com – ThinkGIS.com is a Cloud based version of Think GIS that allows for viewing GIS layers on any computer device that has an Internet connection including smart phones and tablets.
Event Manager – Event Manager is a WTH software product for the mapping of emergency events in real time, and the communication of these dynamic maps with 911 PSAPs, first responders, and elected officials. There is also the option of displaying selected information on a public WebGIS Site.
Think AVL – Think AVL is Automatic Vehicle Location software that can track up to 1,000 vehicles of different types and display them on your Think GIS map. A law enforcement agency can know where its vehicles are deployed at any given time and set notifications for speed limits and service area boundaries.
Crime Mapper – Think GIS Crime Mapper allows for filtered crime searches to target and map various kinds of crime activity. Crime Mapper allows for customized searches by date, crime type, or other feature and can be interfaced with third party records management software.