Smart Policing in Action: How the City of Tucson Built a Unified Operating Picture
As Arizona’s second-largest city and the seat of Pima County, Tucson is home to more than a million residents and over 7 million annual visitors. It’s a destination city with a busy civic calendar, where The University of Arizona anchors a daily influx of 50,000+ students, staff, and visitors. For the Tucson Police Department (TPD), that mix means daily operations, large planned events, and critical incidents, often at city scale.
In October 2024, TPD launched the Community Safety Awareness and Response Center (CSARC) to deliver credible, real-time intelligence to officers, detectives, and community partners. Lieutenant Don Jorgenson, who leads the Crime Analytics Section within the Analysis Division, oversees CSARC and the Link Analysis and Strategic Operations (LASO) unit—data analysts who connect people, places, and cases.
YOU WILL LEARN
How to eliminate information silos: leveraging one pane of glass for IT, Security, and Operations to create a unified source of truth and faster response times.
The keys to scaling a city: common barriers and obstacles between departments and how to overcome them with efficient communication.
The benefits of smart policing: from NCIC alerts on stolen vehicles to faster investigations, learn real-time methods of success from RTCCs and smart policing.
DON JORGENSON serves as the Lieutenant of the Criminal Analytics Section with the Tucson Police Department, where he oversees the LASO Unit (Link Analysis & Strategic Operations) and the Community Safety Awareness & Response Center (CSARC). Since joining TPD, he has served a variety of roles; patrol officer, Field Training Officer, Community Response Team officer, certified General Instructor, Patrol Sergeant on midnights, and later as SALETC Basic Recruit Academy Sergeant. A former President of the Tucson Police Officers Association, Don has dedicated his career to advancing officer training, community safety, and innovative policing strategies.
PAT NEVINS has served the Arizona, New Mexico & Southern Nevada public sector community at Verkada for more than 3 years. Working regularly with local law enforcement, he has helped municipalities bridge the gap between emerging public safety initiatives and reality.
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As Arizona’s second-largest city and the seat of Pima County, Tucson is home to more than a million residents and over 7 million annual visitors. It’s a destination city with a busy civic calendar, where The University of Arizona anchors a daily influx of 50,000+ students, staff, and visitors. For the Tucson Police Department (TPD), that mix means daily operations, large planned events, and critical incidents, often at city scale.
In October 2024, TPD launched the Community Safety Awareness and Response Center (CSARC) to deliver credible, real-time intelligence to officers, detectives, and community partners. Lieutenant Don Jorgenson, who leads the Crime Analytics Section within the Analysis Division, oversees CSARC and the Link Analysis and Strategic Operations (LASO) unit—data analysts who connect people, places, and cases.
YOU WILL LEARN
How to eliminate information silos: leveraging one pane of glass for IT, Security, and Operations to create a unified source of truth and faster response times.
The keys to scaling a city: common barriers and obstacles between departments and how to overcome them with efficient communication.
The benefits of smart policing: from NCIC alerts on stolen vehicles to faster investigations, learn real-time methods of success from RTCCs and smart policing.
DON JORGENSON serves as the Lieutenant of the Criminal Analytics Section with the Tucson Police Department, where he oversees the LASO Unit (Link Analysis & Strategic Operations) and the Community Safety Awareness & Response Center (CSARC). Since joining TPD, he has served a variety of roles; patrol officer, Field Training Officer, Community Response Team officer, certified General Instructor, Patrol Sergeant on midnights, and later as SALETC Basic Recruit Academy Sergeant. A former President of the Tucson Police Officers Association, Don has dedicated his career to advancing officer training, community safety, and innovative policing strategies.
PAT NEVINS has served the Arizona, New Mexico & Southern Nevada public sector community at Verkada for more than 3 years. Working regularly with local law enforcement, he has helped municipalities bridge the gap between emerging public safety initiatives and reality.
Information you submit will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.