Burlington Police Department Crime Analysis Unit

Lieutenant Glen Mills

IACA Certified Law Enforcement Analyst

President, Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts

Sergeant Gerard McDonough

DDACTS Supervisor

Officer James Tigges

Crime Analyst

The Burlington Police Department Crime Analysis Unit is tasked with providing crime statistics, intelligence information and analysis of crime trends and patterns. This information is used to allocate resources when necessary and to detect crimes that are linked to each other within Burlington and across jurisdictional boundaries. Officer Tigges does the bulk of the work on a week-to-week basis by providing a weekly crime bulletin to officers within the department. He also distributes this information to other departments and passes on intelligence information throughout the region through the NEMLEC Detectives Distribution List.

The Burlington Police Department has recently started working towards the implementation of DDACTS or a Data Driven Approach to Crime and Traffic Safety. By using empirical data the department will be able to determine when and where crime and traffic issues are occurring most frequently and then strategically direct resources to reduce crime and crashes in those areas. The next logical step will be the adoption of a Predictive Policing strategy whereby crime and traffic issues are anticipated before they become problems.