December Webinar - Keeping It Clean: Building Accuracy and Integrity in Crime and CFS Data

Brief Course Summary: 

Behind every solid crime analysis is clean, reliable data. This session dives into the real-world challenges analysts face—messy records, coding errors, incomplete reports—and how to fix them. Participants will explore practical strategies for cleaning, validating, and maintaining data accuracy so their analyses, dashboards, and reports tell the full and correct story. Whether you’re preparing data for a hotspot map or a command briefing, this session will help you make your numbers work for you, not against you.

Presenter: Heather Lane

Heather L. Lane is currently one of three Criminal Intelligence Analysts working for the Grand Prairie Texas Police Department. She comes from a police family and has worked in law enforcement since 1990, with the last 13 years working as a Crime Analyst. Prior to that, she worked as Crime Scene Investigator for the Kansas City Missouri Police Department. After being a CSI, Heather relocated from Kansas City to North Texas and was hired by the Mansfield Texas Police Department to start their Crime Analysis Unit. After being introduced to GIS for producing actionable intelligence in crime fighting methodologies, she acquired a degree in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and a certificate in GIS Programming. Heather currently serves as the TXLEAN President. Heather and her husband Blake, currently enjoy the Texas country life on 20+ acres with her two horses, five Texas Longhorns, two Australian Cattle Dogs and one feisty barn cat named Lugnut.