How to Build Safer Communities: An Executive Summary

Safe Communities is a new initiative that aims to rapidly empower government agencies with shared situational awareness through geospatial technology. It builds on decades of successful use of GIS technology for managing information. Multiple organizations with overlapping missions can use the GIS platform as a system of engagement to connect many systems of record, improving and integrating strategic and tactical efforts across the national security spectrum.

Defense, intelligence, emergency management, fire, law enforcement, health, transportation, and utility workflows will all use GIS in their daily operations as part of an overall interagency, multi-jurisdiction information strategy to more effectively provide safety.

Read the executive summary to learn how to build a safer community.