1. Max Schlueter, Ph.D. Director VERMONT CRIME INFORMATION CENTER
THE PRIME DIRECTIVE FOR REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE A NIBRS CASE STUDY
Max Schlueter, Ph.D Director VERMONT CRIME INFORMATION CENTER

2. THE PRIME DIRECTIVE FOR SUCCESSFUL REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT
“GIVE AND TAKE”
IF YOU REQUIRE AGENCIES TO GIVE YOU DATA, YOU MUST PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE BACK DATA OF VALUE.

3. THE “TAKE” PROVIDE CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES WITH ACCESS TO:
THEIR OWN DATA -- ADDED VALUE
DATA FROM OTHER AGENCIES
ACCESS SHOULD BE:
TIMELY
FREE
SELF-SERVICE
USER FRIENDLY QUERY/REPORT SOFTWARE

4. THE VERMONT NIBRS PROGRAM -- BEFORE
LOCAL AGENCIES WERE REQUIRED TO GIVE NIBRS DATA TO THE STATE UCR PROGRAM AT VCIC
BUT….
VCIC DID NOT PROVIDE LOCAL AGENCIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE BACK VALUABLE INFORMATION (….OR ANY INFORMATION AT ALL FOR THAT MATTER.)

5. CONSEQUENCES OF GIVE BUT NOT TAKE:
COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS
POOR DATA QUALITY
TARDY AND INCOMPLETE SUBMISSIONS

6. VERMONT’S SOLUTION TO GIVE AND TAKE…
VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE

7. WHAT IS VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE?
NIBRS CRIME REPORTING & ANALYSIS TOOL
WEB-BASED
INTERACTIVE
STANDARD OR CUSTOM REPORTS
POWERFUL BUT USER FRIENDLY
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT & PUBLIC.
UPDATED QUARTERLY

8. DATA PRESENTED AS REPORTS OR CHARTS
PROVIDES FOR DIFFERENT DATA VIEWS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT VS. PUBLIC
CALCULATES BASIC STATISTICS

9. DRILLTHROUGH TO CASE LEVEL
CUSTOM REPORTS CAN BE SAVED
DATA CAN BE EXTRACTED AND DOWNLOADED (e.g., EXCEL)

10. COLLABORATIVE VENTURE
VERMONT CRIME INFORMATION CENTER
VERMONT CENTER FOR JUSTICE RESEARCH (STATE SAC)
BEYOND 20/20 (

11. VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE ACCESSED FROM DPS WEB SITE WWW.DPS.STATE.VT.US
GO TO CRIME REPORT LINK
TWO SITES
PUBLIC: NO LOGIN
LAW ENFORCEMENT: LOGIN REQUIRED

12. VERMONT CRIME ON-LINE
DEMONSTRATION

16. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION RESULTS:
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE VCON APPLICATION AS
USER FRIENDLY
PROVIDES INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR REPORTING, FUNDING, INVESTIGATIONS
INCREASED COMMITMENT TO DATA QUALITY
INCREASED COMMITMENT TO TIMELY SUBMISSION

17. THANK YOU!