1. Why do law enforcement agencies and departments like the Miami Dade Police Department embrace advanced analytics and data mining?

2. What are the top challenges for law enforcement agencies and departments like the Miami-Dade Police Department? Can you think of other challenges (not mentioned in this case) that can benefit from data mining?

3. What are the sources of data that law enforcement agencies and departments like the Miami-Dade Police Department use for their predictive modeling and data mining projects?

4. What type of analytics do law enforcement agencies and departments like the Miami-Dade Police Department use to fight crime?

5. What does “the big picture starts small” mean in this case? Explain.