The Original Vision
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Professor Canter's original vision of the IOPS system emerged out of twenty years of research. The following illustrative operational scenario indicates one possible utilisation of that system:
A member of the public reports a burglary. The address and crime details are recorded from a scene of crime visit or other remote information source. This is integrated into existing databases and related to online detailed maps, supported by aerial photography, of the locality, and made available to dedicated crime analysts in a local intelligence unit or specialist intelligence section, (such as that available to Operation Trident for gun crime).
The digitised geographical information is supported by crime data and a set of analysis functions that allows rapid comparative analysis, facilitated by interaction with the map and/or aerial photograph. This enables the crime analyst to construct inferences concerning possible linked burglaries in the area and possible suspects. This leads to the proposal of a number of possible offenders and their likely residential locations. Information on known recipients of stolen goods and illegal drugs suppliers is also available.
By interrogating the system the analyst alerts a local police patrol to observe an area for the criminal and to pay particular attention to three most likely suspects with a note of where they are currently living.