Hotspot Policing in Practice: Using GIS to Reduce Crime Through Focused Patrols

Police services are increasingly challenged to deploy limited resources in ways that measurably reduce crime and disorder. Hotspot policing, grounded in academic research, demonstrates that focused, visible patrols in small geographic areas can significantly reduce crime when applied consistently.

This webinar explores how police services are operationalizing hotspot policing using Esri’s GIS platform.

The Ottawa Police Service will share insights from their CORE project, leveraging spatial and temporal crime analysis to identify downtown hotspots and guide uniform patrol deployment based on time of day and day of week.

Barrie Police Service will demonstrate how ArcGIS Pro is used to analyze crime and social disorder data to support data-driven patrol strategies. Attendees will gain practical examples of how GIS enables evidence-based policing and measurable crime reduction.