Running Head: Week 2 Assignment 1 Predictive Policing Week 2 Assignment 1 Predictive Policing Your Name Professor Alexander Peter CIS 500 Information Systems For Decision Making 21 April 2014 The components of an information technology system connect with an organization’s mission to enhance their capability. With that the organization can incorporate components of an information technology system to become more proficient in their mission in providing quality
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technology that has been used is COMPSTAT formerly known as Computer Statistics. COMPSTAT has been around to implement strategies in law enforcement on stopping crime before it starts. COMPSTAT builds onto the UCR (Uniform Crime Report) to analyze which crime is being mostly committed, the county (or city), which age group and ethnicity is committing those crimes. COMPSTAT relies on human recognition patterns based on past crimes (Goode, 2011). In 1994, COMPSTAT was developed within the New York
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crime. CompStat was adopted to help police officers become more aware of crime in a particular area without necessarily doing their normal patrols in particular areas of town. CompStat helps many police departments to utilize different sources and place necessary resources in areas where crime is more common; whereas, many police could not to respond in a timelyto the time. By usg the CompStat system they have a statistical chance of being where they need to be at the right time. COMPSTAT (COMPuter
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Predictive Policing Elizabeth Lancaster Strayer University Information Systems for Decision Making CIS500 Dr. Rose July 10, 2014 Predictive Policing Predictive policing, in essence, is taking data from disparate sources, analyzing them and then using the results to anticipate, prevent and respond more effectively to future crime (Pearsall, n.d). In an attempt to effectively compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to
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Predictive Policing By Jamia Yant April 13th, 2012 In order to effectively compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets, we first have to look at exactly what information technology is available to police today. The term predictive policing is the name given to “any policing strategy or tactic that develops and uses information and advanced analysis to inform forward-thinking
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Predictive Policing Information Technology deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to store, retrieve and transmit information. New IT capabilities (e.g., e-commerce and social networks) strongly influence competitive strategies and the efficiency of operations. New IT developments are important to all business disciplines because they trigger changes in marketing, operations, e-commerce, logistics, human resources, finance, accounting, and relationships with customers and business
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crime rate but since the implementation of a data driven management model named COMPSTAT the crime rate dropped tremendously. In fact New York, the city that never sleeps, is said to be the “safest big city in America” according to an article by Dave Grossi [ (Grossi, 2008) ]. COMPSTAT is short for computer statistics or comparative statistics and is a data driven model used by police to manage and reduce crime. COMPSTAT began under “the Rudy Giuliani administration and was overseen
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the help of technology, mobile phones have the capability of acting like a computer and so forth. So with the creation of the program COMPSTAT, there was numerous years of data that was added into the database with new daily information added to predict which areas would have the highest rate of crime based on what has happened in the past (Goode, 2011). Before COMPSTAT, the officers would patrol spots that they thought might be a high area of crime based on their experience in the field (Goode, 2011)
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computers play a major role in the way police officers work” (Brown, 2013). Police departments now utilize information technologies like dashboard cameras, laptops in their vehicles, GPS units, forensics work and fingerprint and criminal databases. CompStat is an information technology strategy that was adopted in New York City in 1994. It allows the police department to map areas where crimes occur, identify problem areas and “hotspots” within the city. It essentially predicts a crime before it happens
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versus random patrols of the streets. It will describe how COMSTAT as an information system (IS) implements the four (4) basic (IS) functions; and it will determine how information systems have allowed police departments that implement tools such as COMPSTAT to respond to crime faster. Finally, this paper will apply the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis (SWOT analysis) on behalf of police departments that intend to implement predictive policing. Compare and contrast the application
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