Jersey City Public Safety Alert System presentation to South Greenville Neighborhood Association

May 6, 2015
STEVEN M. FULOP
Mayor of Jersey City
Jersey City
Public Safety Alert System (PSAS)
South Greenville Neighborhood Association
Community Briefing
Akisia Grigsby | Emmanuel A. Simon

The Question that got the program started:
@weareopenjc #JCPSAS #PublicSafety | /openjc | www.openjc.org | jcpsas@openjc.org | (201) 731-6886
How can we use data
from the police department
to inform and affect resident behavior?
Community Brief

What is Data?
What is Raw Data?
What is a Segment of the Data?
Definitions: Community Brief

1. already exists
2. is in a standard/open format
3. is valuable to the community
4. is frequently updated & maintained
5. is open and accessible to all
We will need data that:Community Brief
Through our research, 9-1-1 call-for-service data ‘fits the bill’.

The data we are using:
What is the
9-1-1 call-for-service data?
Community Brief

About the Call for Service Data:Community Brief
View sample: http://j.mp/JCPSASsampledata
Data includes:
Event Number, District, Time Received, Call code, Call Code description, Address

1. Raw data
2. Only incoming calls to JCPD 911 call center
3. No indication on police response
related to incidents
4. No indication of resolved/unresolved incidents
5. Simply just a log of residents calling into 9-1-1
Other things to note about this data set:Community Brief

How to get the data from City Open Data Portal?Community Brief
Go to Jersey City’s Open Data Portal:
http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/data/
Then click
“Operational Data” on sidebar nav

1. receives 9-1-1 call-for-service data periodically
2. analyzes the data for property crime trends
(burglary, robbery, theft, vandalism)
over a period of time (eg. weekly)
3. sends SMS alerts to residents with relevant public
safety reminders specifically to the their location
What is the Public Safety Alert System (PSAS) Pilot Program? Community Brief
It is an algorithm (computer program) that:

What is the Public Safety Alert System (PSAS) Pilot Program? Community Brief
PSAS Pilot IS: PSAS Pilot IS:
Data driven NOT manually operated
Community led (we are JC residents just like you) + City supported
(mayor’s office and JCPD)
NOT a government nor private-company led program
Set to operate within national, state and city safety policies and
guidelines
NOT using Personally Identifiable Information (PII),
nor putting residents/ JCPD at risk
Trend-based for periods of time (eg. weekly) NOT focused on emergency nor real-time information
Property crimes specific (burglary, robbery, larceny (theft), vandalism) NOT focused on personal crimes (assault, homicide, battery, etc)
Delivers insights-based public safety recommendations and
reminders to help keep you safe.
NOT meant to provide direct data on crime incidents

1. Find trends in the JCPD data
2. Inform residents
how to remain safe and alert based on the crime trends
3. Demonstrate a valuable use
of JC’s open data impacting quality of life
4. Encourage and strengthen
resident-to-police relationship in JC, despite the current
tense conditions in cities (e.g. Ferguson, Baltimore)
5. Provide a platform for Jersey City government to
collaborate with and support residents
Goals of PSAS PilotCommunity Brief

Who we areCommunity Brief
Akisia Grigsby
MarComm, Design &
Community Organizing Lead
Emmanuel A. Simon
Business Management &
Product Delivery Lead
Jonathan Rhone
Software Engineer &
Developer
Sharad Hegde
Engineering &
Technical Lead
Tim Grandinetti
Chief Legal Counsel
Madeleine
Ramos
Admin
Patrick Sciarratta
Friendship Ambassadors
Foundation (FAF)
Brian Platt
Technology Liaison to
JC Mayor’s Office,
Director of JC I-Team
Historic Paulus Hook Association
South Greenville Neighborhood
Association
Bayview Park Neighborhood
Association
Residents
just like you
A non-profit
partnering with
JC Mayor’s
Office + JCPD
Supported by
great partners
Collaborating with
3 Neighborhood
Associations for
the pilot program
1 2 3 4

1. Send your ideas and feedback to jcpsas@openjc.org
2. Visit openjc.org for program updates
and more information
3. Be apart of the beta test launch in the early fall 2015
How to participate in the PSAS pilot programCommunity Brief

ExerciseCommunity Brief
What message would you
like to receive as an alert?
?

@weareopenjc
jcpsas@openjc.org
(201) 731-6886
/openjc
#JCPSAS
#PublicSafety
openjc.org
How to contact us?

Jersey City Public Safety Alert System presentation to South Greenville Neighborhood Association

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