-Caveat Lector- "Building a collaborative effort ... between city government, police, prosecutors and....." "Pretrial Services Agency, Defense Bar, Social Service Agencies, School Officials ..... " "developers of the data warehouse that will be assembled ..." This goes along with the Free Crime Mapping Tool Online http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/new.htm#freecrime " CrimeStat, a new spatial statistics program compatible with most mapping software, is now available for free through NIJ's Crime Mapping Research Center. CrimeStat, developed under a grant from NIJ, provides a collection of statistical tools to use in applying mapping applications for analyzing crime." Does this seem just a tiny bit like open class war? If you don't live in the "right" neighborhood ya got 2 strikes against you... wonder if they've got a spot in their data warehouse that keeps tabs on which kids are getting the State sponsored Psychotropic drugs to keep then down in school? It's a brave new world, eh? 1984 + 16 Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave Building a Collaborative Effort The COMPASS initiative will be managed by a local team housed in the Seattle Mayor's office. This team will be responsible for convening six existing groups of policy makers that will serve as the Interagency Leadership Committee and also convening an Interagency Technical Team who will serve as primary developers of the data warehouse that will be assembled during the first year of the initiative. This group includes the following representatives: mayor, chief of police, prosecuting attorney, US attorney, Administrative Judge of the Criminal Court, representatives of Juvenile and Adult Corrections, Pretrial Services Agency, Probation, and Parole, Defense Bar, Social Service Agencies, School Officials, local research partner(s), COMPASS staff, and National Institute of Justice (NIJ) staff. Solicitation for a Research Partner for the Seattle COMPASS (Community Mapping, Analysis, and Planning for Safety Strategies) Initiative Due Date: January 7, 2000 Funding Amount: $275,000 for two years full document at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/fundcompass.html DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
