How Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Used Crime Mapping Software to Boost Patrol Efficiency

Columbia County Focuses on New Technology

Facing budget cuts and 797 square miles of rural territory, Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter turned to SmartCOP for crime mapping, mobile reporting, and dispatch technology. Report processing dropped from days to minutes. Deputies got back on the road, and the agency’s crime solve rate hit 33.5%, roughly 10% above the Florida average at the time.

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