Patrol presence management system

• US 9,715,668 B1
• Filed: 04/13/2016
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PredPol, Inc. (SoundThinking, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PredPol, Inc. (SoundThinking, Inc.)
• Inventors: Brandt, Christina M. P., Griffin, Rogan Z., Friend, Zachariah
• Primary Examiner(s): Gills, Kurtis
• Application Number:
  US15/098,051
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

A patrol presence management system having a dosage processing unit in communication with one or more prediction and dosage related data processing modules and an output device for monitoring, generating, and displaying a crime prediction field, a pre-determined dosage, and a current dosage to provide real-time or historical analysis of a police presence within a particular region within a particular time window for one or more crime types to improve policing strategy and tactics.

Claims

1. A patrol presence management system comprising:

a crime prediction field module configured to generate at least one crime prediction field defining at least one hotspot associated with a region of interest and a time window, the at least one hotspot being derived from a plurality of crime events with each crime event having an associated crime type, an associated crime time, and an associated crime location occurring within the region of interest;

a pre-determined dosage information cluster module configured to generate a maximum allowable dosage and one or more dosage thresholds relative to the maximum allowable dosage for the at least one hotspot;

a current dosage instance information packet module configured to acquire one or more current dosage instance information packets, each packet including a source identifier, a location associated with the source identifier and within the region of interest, and a time element; and

a dosage processing unit having access to the modules, the dosage processing unit being programmed to, in response to receiving the region of interest, at least one crime type, and at least one time window;

generate the at least one crime prediction field using the crime prediction field module;

establish the one or more dosage thresholds using the pre-determined dosage information cluster module; and

for at least one selected hotspot, aggregate a current dosage using the current dosage instance information packet module based on each current dosage instance information packet having a location occurring within the selected hotspot and having a time element occurring within the time window; and

an output device configured to display the at least one crime prediction field, the at least one crime type, the at least one time window, and the current dosage following receipt from the dosage processing unit.

2. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the pre-determined dosage information cluster module derives at least one maximum allowable dosage for one or more hotspots by crime type.

3. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the time window is an instance of time, a minute, an hour, group of hours, a day, a time of day, a week, a month, a year, or a year to date.

4. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the source identifier is associated with a GPS unit, an AVL unit, or a manual entry.

5. The patrol presence management system of claim 4 wherein:

the source identifier is unique to the source and is associated with a car, a radio, or a person with a mobile application.

6. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the current dosage is independently derived from the maximum allowable dosage.

7. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the current dosage is graphically represented in the crime prediction field by a proportionally sized boundary relative to the amount of time a source associated with the source identifier is at a specific location.

8. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the time element is a time stamp or a time period.

9. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the current dosage instance information packets are received from a manual input device or an electronic transmittal device.

10. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the one or more dosage thresholds are derived from a set of data used by the crime prediction field module.

11. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the output device is configured to display the one more dosage thresholds as a dosage threshold indicator and the current dosage is displayed as a current dosage indicator relative to the dosage threshold indicator.

12. The patrol presence management system of claim 11 wherein:

the dosage threshold indicator includes a first threshold region representing a dosage below a first pre-determined threshold, a second threshold region representing a dosage above a second pre-determined threshold, and an in range threshold region representing a dosage within the first and second pre-determined thresholds.

21. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the pre-determined dosage information cluster module is configured to generate a maximum allowable dosage and one or more dosage thresholds relative to the maximum allowable dosage for the at least one hotspot based on a percentage of the number of patrol units multiplied by a number of shift hours.

22. The patrol presence management system of claim 1 wherein:

the pre-determined dosage information cluster module is configured to generate a maximum allowable dosage and one or more dosage thresholds relative to the maximum allowable dosage for the at least one hotspot based on a number of shift hours multiplied by the number of hotspots within the crime prediction field.

13. A method for managing patrol presence within a crime grid having one or more hotspots using a display device, the method comprising:

providing an input device constructed to transmit a set of input data including a region of interest, one or more hotspot selections, at least one crime type, and at least one time window;

providing a dosage display device constructed to display a set of graphical elements depicting a crime grid with one or more hotspots and at least one dosage display;

providing a database storing a plurality of crime events with each crime event having an associated crime type, an associated crime time, and an associated crime location occurring within the region of interest;

providing a memory storage device including a crime prediction module configured with a first set of instructions to generate the crime grid responsive to input from the input device including the region of interest and the time window, the crime grid defining at least one hotspot derived from the plurality of crime events stored in the database, the memory storage device further including a pre-determined dosage module configured with a second set of instructions to generate at least one preferred dosage threshold for the at least one hotspot, and the memory storage device further including current dosage module configured with a third set of instructions to acquire one or more location based signals from one or more remote wireless communication devices, each location based signal including a source identifier, a location associated with the source identifier and within the region of interest, and a time element;

providing a dosage processing unit operable to be placed in communication with the dosage display device, the input device, the database, and the memory storage device for executing the modules, the dosage processing unit further being operable to execute the sets of instructions in the modules to;

generate the crime grid with one or more hotspots by accessing the crime prediction module in response to receiving the region of interest, at least one crime type, and at least one time window from the input device;

establish at least one preferred dosage threshold for each hotspot by accessing the pre-determined dosage module;

acquiring location based signals from the one or more remote wireless communication devices by accessing the current dosage module;

receiving at least one selected hotspot from the input device;

within the at least one selected hotspot, aggregating a current dosage by accessing the current dosage module for the selected hotspot based on the location based signals having a location occurring within the selected hotspot and having a time element occurring within the time window;

transmitting the crime grid associated with the region of interest, the at least one crime type, and the at least one time window to the dosage display device along with the at least one preferred dosage threshold graphically represented as a preferred dosage threshold indicator and the current dosage being graphically represented by a dosage indicator relative to the dosage threshold indicator; and

issuing one or more commands to one or more wireless communication devices associated with the location based signals within the at least one selected hotspot to maintain or adjust the level of dosage within the at least one selected hotspot based on the dosage threshold indicator and the current dosage associated with at least one selected hotspot.

14. The method of managing a patrol presence of claim 13 wherein:

associating at least one preferred dosage threshold and at least one current dosage with at least one crime type; and

graphically representing at least one hotspot on the dosage display device by a boundary indicative of the current dosage.

28. The method of managing a patrol presence of claim 13 further comprising:

instructing one or more patrol units to transfer from a first hotspot location indicated on the crime grid on the dosage display device wherein the current dosage exceeds a high dosage threshold to an alternative hotspot location indicated on the crime grid on the dosage display device wherein the current dosage is below a low dosage threshold.

29. The method of managing a patrol presence of claim 13 further comprising:

instructing one or more patrol units to remain in a first hotspot location indicated on the crime grid on the dosage display device wherein the current dosage remains below a low dosage threshold.

30. The method of managing a patrol presence of claim 13 comprising:

instructing one or more patrol units that no additional time is required to remain in a first hotspot location on the crime grid on the dosage display device wherein the current dosage is between a high preferred dosage threshold and a low preferred dosage threshold.

15. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium with computer readable instructions stored thereon to be executed by a processing device operable to be placed in communication with at least one display device, at least one input device, and one or more remote wireless communication devices, the computer readable instructions directing the processing device to perform patrol presence management related operations using the at least one display device and the one or more wireless communication devices in response to receiving input including a region of interest, at least one crime type, and at least one time window from the input device by:

accessing a crime prediction field module stored on the computer readable medium and configured with a first set of computer readable instructions to generate at least one crime prediction field defining at least one hotspot associated with the region of interest and the time window received from the input device, the at least one hotspot being derived from a plurality of crime events with each crime event having an associated crime type, an associated crime time, and an associated crime location occurring within the region of interest;

accessing a pre-determined dosage information cluster module stored on the computer readable medium and configured with a second set of computer readable instructions to generate a maximum allowable dosage and at least one dosage threshold relative to the maximum allowable dosage for the at least one hotspot;

accessing a current dosage instance information packet module stored on the computer readable medium and configured with a third set of computer readable instructions to acquire one or more current dosage instance information packets from the one or more wireless communication devices in communication with the processing device, each current dosage instance information packet including a source identifier, a location associated with the source identifier and within the region of interest, and a time element;

receiving at least one hotspot selection from the at least one input device;

aggregating a current dosage using the current dosage instance information packet module for each selected hotspot within the region of interest based on each current dosage instance information packet having a location occurring within the selected hotspot and having a time element occurring within the time window, and;

for at least one hotspot selection, transmitting to the display device for graphical representation a plurality of graphic elements associated with the at least one hotspot selection, the graphic elements representing the maximum allowable dosage along with at least one dosage threshold indicator corresponding to the at least one dosage threshold, a current dosage indicator relative to the dosage threshold indicator and corresponding to the aggregated current dosage, the graphic elements further including the crime prediction field and the at least one hotspot selection defined by a boundary.

16. The computer-readable storage medium as set forth in claim 15 wherein the processor is further instructed to:

transmit one or more additional graphic elements representing a dosage instance information source identifier associated with the at least one selected hotspot to the display device for presentation.

17. The computer-readable storage medium as set forth in claim 15 wherein:

the at least one dosage threshold indicator includes a first graphic element indicative of a below threshold representing a dosage range below a first pre-determined threshold, a second graphic element indicative of an above threshold region representing a dosage range above a second pre-determined threshold, and a third graphic element indicating of an in range threshold region representing a dosage range within a prediction field, and;

the crime prediction field is depicted by a map display, a time window, one or more hotspots, and one or more crime type indicators.

18. The computer-readable storage medium as set forth in claim 17 wherein:

a current dosage indicator falling within the dosage range below the first pre-determined threshold correlates to a current dosage indicating that the current dosage should be increased to meet an acceptable threshold for at least one hotspot within the prediction field.

19. The computer-readable storage medium as set forth in claim 17 wherein:

a current dosage indicator falling within the dosage range above the second pre-determined threshold correlates to a current dosage indicating that the current dosage should be decreased to meet an acceptable threshold for at least one hotspot within the prediction field.

20. The computer-readable storage media as set forth in claim 17 wherein:

a current dosage indicator falling within the dosage range between the first and second pre-determined thresholds correlates to a current dosage that is in a preferred dosage range for at least one hotspot within the prediction field.

23. A patrol presence management system, the system comprising:

an input device constructed to receive input including a region of interest, at least one selected hotspot within the region of interest, a time window, and a crime type;

a database storing a plurality of crime events with each crime event having an associated crime type, an associated crime time, and an associated crime location occurring within the region of interest and within the time window;

a dosage processing unit operable to be placed in communication with the input device, the database, and a memory storage device having;

a crime prediction module configured to generate at least one crime prediction field defining a plurality of hotspots associated with the region of interest and the time window, the hotspots being derived from the plurality of crime events stored in the database;

a preferred dosage module configured to generate a maximum allowable dosage and a set of preferred dosage thresholds relative to the maximum allowable dosage for each hotspot;

a current dosage module configured to monitor one or more physical locations of a plurality of remote source devices with unique source identifiers within the region of interest when placed in communication with the dosage processing unit and aggregate the amount of time each monitored remote source device spends at the one or more physical locations to generate a current dosage for each unique source identifier associated with each remote source device being monitored;

the dosage processing unit being programmed to, in response to receiving the region of interest, the crime type, and the time window from the input device;

access the crime prediction module to generate the crime prediction field with one or more hotspots;

access the preferred dosage module to establish the set of preferred dosage thresholds for at least one hotspot within in the crime prediction field as selected by the input device; and

access the current dosage module to aggregate a current dosage for at least one remote source within each hotspot selected by the input device and occurring within the time window; and

a dosage display device in communication with the dosage processing unit and configured to display the crime prediction field as a map, including at least one hotspot shown by an associated boundary within the map, the dosage display device further being configured to display the crime type, the time window, and alter the crime prediction field with a dosage display for at least one hotspot selected by the input device, the dosage display including the current dosage for at least one remote source compared to a set of preferred dosage thresholds including a maximum allowable dosage as calculated for each discrete selected hotspot following selection of the at least one hotspot provided by the input device.

24. The patrol presence management system of claim 23 wherein:

a dosage threshold cutoff is used to omit one or more low dosage occurrences from being used in calculating the maximum allowable dosage.

25. The patrol presence management system of claim 23 further including:

a network interface operable to be placed in communication with the dosage processing unit and at least one GPS enabled device providing a remote source with a unique source identifier associated with at least one patrol unit, the GPS enabled device constructed to relay the monitored location and one or more time elements for use in calculating the current dosage associated with the at least one patrol unit.

26. The patrol presence management system of claim 23 wherein:

the preferred dosage module is configured to generate the maximum allowable dosage based on a percentage of a number of patrol units multiplied by a number of shift hours for the at least one selected hotspot.

27. The patrol presence management system of claim 23 wherein:

the preferred dosage module is configured to generate the maximum allowable dosage based on a number of shift hours multiplied by a number of hotspots within the crime prediction field.