Data & Evaluation Committee
The goal of the Data and Evaluation committee is to assist communities to establish, support and maintain consistent, effective data collection and information support processes for CIT programs. The Committee works with the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to address multiple challenges in gathering data from communities and law enforcement agencies statewide. Each locality and its law enforcement agency are locally autonomous in their operations. While similar data sets are collected by most law enforcement agencies, there remain problems in acquiring data and comparing it across the Commonwealth. Some law enforcement agencies participate in regional dispatching operations, or share dispatching operations with one or more agencies. In such cases, it can be problematic to acquire the specific types of data needed for the evaluation purposes of a CIT program.
Establishing data collection guidelines and identifying necessary data elements is a priority for the Committee in the coming year. This will result in better compilation and comparison of statewide data with which to evaluate the success of the many CIT programs in Virginia.
The co-chairs of the Data & Evaluation committee are Andy Warriner with the Hampton/Newport News CIT program and Joseph Yost with the New River Valley CIT program.
Data & Evaluation Committee Members:
Committee Meeting Minutes: