Crime Mapping
Cañon City Police Department (CCPD) is a modern department that uses crime mapping to identify trends, helping to prevent and deter crime. In order to map crime trends, CCPD tracks National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Group A Crimes which includes:
- Arson
- Assault
- Bribery
- Burglary
- Counterfeiting
- Drug / Narcotic Offenses (Possession and Possession of Paraphernalia)
- Embezzlement
- Extortion / Blackmail
- Fraud
- Gambling
- Homicide
- Human Trafficking
- Kidnapping / Abduction
- Larceny
- Motor Vehicle Theft
- Pornography / Obscene Material
- Prostitution
- Robbery
- Sex Offense Forcible
- Sex Offense Non-Forcible
- Stolen Property Offenses
- Theft
- Vandalism of Property (Criminal Mischief)
- Weapons Law Offenses
In order to assess for past successes, current needs, and future initiatives, CCPD tracks comparisons from the same week, same month and same 12 month period of the previous year.