Use an open innovation platform

   Improve data accuracy, eliminates unnecessary duplication and reduces the likelihood of privacy or security breaches.

   Data management policies make it clear what city departments can and can’t do with the data they collect.

   Create and adhere to a citywide data management, transparency and sharing policy

   Police, courts and other agencies involved in public safety gather massive amounts of data, but often critical pieces – mug shots, arrest records, court files, fingerprints and the like – are stored physically

   Prioritize the use of legacy investments, including physically stored data.

   Use open integration architectures and loosely coupled interfaces

   Requiring open standards in the procurement of public safety systems and equipment, cities increase the choices available to them and decrease costs because open standards mean products can be mixed and matched from different vendors.

   Use the best and most widely adopted standards possible so they have easier access to data from other agencies. They also help promote the use of standards nationally and internationally so that more and more data from across the world can be efficiently shared.

   Standards exist already for the recording, storing, transmission and use of data