Mr. Cook has served as the law enforcement solutions specialist for ESRI since March 2007. His responsibilities include supporting ESRI’s law enforcement marketing activities; identifying solution needs in law enforcement and criminal justice; and coordinating between ESRI and the many law enforcement, intelligence, corrections, and criminal justice agencies, associations, and professional societies. He also provides law enforcement insight and support to the public safety and homeland security team—specifically focusing on intelligence and analytics best practices. Prior to working as a solutions specialist, he worked as an account manager at ESRI’s Washington D.C. office, where he supported the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Treasury, and the Federal Reserve.
Professional Experience
Mr. Cook has been working with law enforcement since 1994 at three different agencies: the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police; the Greensboro, North Caroline Police Department; and, most recently, the Fairfax County Police Department in Fairfax, Virginia. His responsibilities have included establishing crime and intelligence analysis functions, managing crime and intelligence analysis units, training crime and intelligence analysts, developing accountability processes, and implementing intelligence-led policing strategies. He has also supported law enforcement administrative functions through GIS such as staffing allocation and beat redesign.
He taught as an adjunct professor in analysis and mapping methods at the George Mason University Office of Continuing Professional Education and has co-written Spatial Analyses of Crime[PDF], published by National Institutes of Justice in the Criminal Justice 2000 series.
Education
Mr. Cook received a master's in public policy and management from the H. John Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University in 1997—focusing on quantitative methods of policy analysis and information systems.
He first began working with GIS in law enforcement at the Heinz School and in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, examining trends, patterns, and series in violent crimes. This included work on gang-related homicides, guns, narcotics, sex crimes, and aggravated assaults.
He is a 1992 graduate of Northwestern University with a bachelor of arts in history and political science.
