Geospatial Capabilities survey Electronic format introduction

Attachment
 5:

 Geospatial
 Capabilities
 Survey
 Electronic
 Format
 Introduction

Welcome
 to
 the

2014
 National
 Institute
 of
 Justice
 Geospatial
 Capabilities
 Survey
 (*OMB
 #
 here)
Introduction
Thank
 you
 for
 your
 voluntary
 participation
 in
 the
 2014
 National
 Institute
 of
 Justice
 (NIJ)
 Geospatial
 Capabilities
 Survey.

 This
 survey
 is
 being

conducted
 on
 behalf
 of
 NIJ
 by
 The
 RAND
 Corporation
The
 purpose
 of
 the
 survey
 is
 to
 determine
 the
 geospatial
 tools,
 techniques,
 and
 practices
 used
 by
 law
 enforcement
 agencies
 and
 the

potential
 for
 expanded
 use
 of
 such
 capabilities.
 The
 results
 of
 the
 survey
 will
 help
 NIJ
 determine
 how
 best
 it
 can
 meet
 the
 needs
 and

enhance
 the
 effectiveness
 of
 geospatial
 capabilities
 in
 large
 law
 enforcement
 agencies
 through
 future
 technology
 development
 grants.
The
 responses
 on
 the
 completed
 questionnaire
 your
 agency
 submits
 will
 be
 made
 available
 by
 Originating
 Agency
 Identifier
 (ORI)
 on
 a

publicly
 available
 database
 on
 the
 National
 Archive
 of
 Criminal
 Justice
 Data
 (NACJD)
 website
 through
 the
 Interuniversity
 Consortium
 for

Political
 and
 Social
 Research
 (ICPSR)
 program
 at
 the
 University
 of
 Michigan
 (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACJD/).
Instructions
This
 Excel
 Workbook
 is
 the
 electronic
 form
 of
 the
 survey.

 The
 survey
 questions
 are
 found
 in
 the
 worksheet
 labeled
 “Questionnaire”.

 The

survey
 questionnaire
 requests
 identification
 and
 contact
 information
 and
 then
 asks
 for
 responses
 to
 thirty-­‐nine
 questions.

 Please
 provide

responses
 to
 the
 questions
 by
 typing
 your
 responses
 in
 the
 shaded
 cells.

 When
 a
 text
 response
 is
 requested,
 the
 cell
 will
 expand
 to

accommodate
 your
 response.
In
 the
 questionnaire,
 the
 term
 “the
 LEA”
 means
 your
 law
 enforcement
 agency
 (e.g.,
 police
 department,
 sheriff
 agency,
 state
 police).

Please
 return
 completed
 surveys
 to

Geospatial_Survey@rand.org

by
 *TBD
 date

Contact
Please
 direct
 all
 questions
 about
 the
 2014
 NIJ
 Geospatial
 Capabilities
 Survey
 and
 requests
 for
 a
 paper
 version
 of
 the
 survey
 to
E-­‐mail:

Geospatial_Survey@rand.org
Telephone:

 800
 number
 here*
Burden
 Statement
Under
 the
 Paperwork
 Reduction
 Act,
 we
 cannot
 ask
 you
 to
 respond
 to
 a
 collection
 of
 information
 unless
 it
 displays
 a
 currently
 valid
 OMB

control
 number.

 The
 survey
 will
 be
 sent
 to
 law
 enforcement
 agencies
 that
 had
 one
 hundred
 or
 more
 sworn
 officers
 as
 determined
 by
 the

Bureau
 of
 Justice
 Statistics
 2008
 Law
 Enforcement
 Management
 and
 Administrative
 Statistics
 sampling
 frame.
 The
 average
 time
 required

to
 complete
 the
 survey
 is
 estimated
 at
 50
 minutes.
 Send
 comments
 regarding
 this
 burden
 estimate
 or
 any
 aspect
 of
 this
 survey,
 including

suggestions
 for
 reducing
 this
 burden,
 to
 the
 Office
 Director,
 Office
 of
 Science
 and
 Technology,
 National
 Institute
 of
 Justice,
 810
 Seventh

Street,
 NW,
 Washington
 DC
 20531.
 Do
 not
 send
 your
 completed
 form
 to
 this
 address.
Expiration
 date
 of
 this
 survey
 is
 *TBD.

Copyright
 The
 RAND
 Corporation
 2013,
 PR-­‐707-­‐NIJ