(DALLAS) International Data Corporation (IDC) Government Insights selected the Dallas Police Department as a finalist in the Fifth Annual Smart Cities North America Awards. Finalists include cities, states, counties, and universities from across the country. The Department submitted its “Violent Crime Evidence-Based Reduction Plan” in the Data-Driven Policing category as their Smart Cities Project. IDC publicly announced today in a press release all the finalist and their respective categories.

As a next step in the nomination process, IDC invites the public to vote on the named finalist by going to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCNAA22. Voting will be open from March 7, 2022, through 4:00 pm on Sunday, March 13, 2022. The winners will be honored at Smart Cities Connect being held in April 2022 in Columbus, OH.

The Dallas Police Department would be proud to represent the city in this prestigious award. Members of the community, the City of Dallas, and the hardworking men and women of the Department worked extremely hard to make this city safe and will continue our ongoing crime-fighting efforts. Please take a moment and click on the survey link provided, go to the Data-Driven Policy category, and select Dallas. The award recognizes the progress North American municipalities have made in executing Smart Cities projects, as well as provides a forum for sharing best practices to help accelerate Smart City development in the region.

(About IDC) IDC Government Insights assists government policy, program, and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them, in making more effective technology decisions by providing accurate, timely, and insightful fact-based research and consulting services. International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology market.

Please click on the link to vote: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCNAA22