Crime analyst helps find patterns of criminals to prevent violence

 
By Adrielle Harvey
Published: June 29, 2008

Two charts related to gang violence and a poster with common gang markings cover the slate-colored walls of one of the offices at the Oklahoma City Police Department .

Cubicles with computers and telephones line the room and a large table rests in the center where Bret Aicher unrolls a laminated map that shows how the department is split into divisions.

Aicher, 43, is a civilian crime analyst in the Criminal In...


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