LEEP: Law Enforcement Empowerment Program

Many reasons play into the lack of accurate crime data typically found within tribal police departments, including limited administrative and technological resources, inadequate coordination between tribal and Federal agencies and cultural and demographic factors of reservation life. (OJP)

Advanced technology can assist in data collection, validation of data inputs, and help focus attention on your local priorities. In turn, this technology can help combat underreporting trends and transform your team into a modern, progressive (while still respecting cultural barriers) police department.

It’s always hard to transition from traditional methods, but you will soon find CivicRMS is as easy to operate as a modern smartphone. We have online tutorials and staff available to offer training to ensure you are using the tool to your full advantage.

Tribal policing faces a level of police coverage that is much lower than other urban and rural areas of the country.

When around-the-clock coverage is done by the same members of a department, having access to large amounts of data and being able to share the data you collect is key to growing your database and inadvertently growing your police coverage.

With CivicRMS, you are able to increase your criminal database, track additional information and easily access repeat offender files with the click of a button.

One key distinction between small and medium-sized departments is the ability to not just focus on standard patrol, but have support on more specialized activities, such as drug activity, substance abuse, and domestic violence.

A main feature in our RMS tool is the module architecture which allows users to add extensive documentation, real-time reporting, and evidence inventory for clear visibility in incident activity.

With the tools for your team to stay better organized, you can pull reports that offer analytics on the critical needs of your community and drive focus on patrol activities.

The impact of federal reporting on individual tribes may be small. Still, the failure to report or refer to these serious crimes has important implications for understanding the prevalence and distribution of crime on regional and national levels. Accurate and concise data would be instrumental in understanding crime on reservations that could follow significant patterns.

A records management tool serves as a supportive investment to the department’s technology that would allow officers to drive focus to their important policing goals. With improved data accuracy and reporting, there are more opportunities for federal funding and grants from the U.S. Department of Justice.