This is an excellent example of broken windows policing.
The NYPD will be beefing up enforcement this summer on sidewalk barbecues.
— Read on nypost.com/2023/06/03/residents-fume-as-nypd-enforces-sidewalk-barbecue-ban/
Tag: Police Crime Fighting
Terp | An End to the Bleeding
The mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., picked up a UMD researcher’s book on preventing gun violence. The resulting partnership could be a model for how cities can…
— Read on terp.umd.edu/an-end-to-the-bleeding
New York’s Crime Problem is a Self-Inflicted Wound — and a Warning for Other Cities – The Messenger
There’s no getting around the fact that people and property are both much less safe, and it’s a problem that was politically created.
— Read on themessenger.com/opinion/new-yorks-crime-problem-is-a-self-inflicted-wound-and-a-warning-for-other-cities
The Community Responder Model – Center for American Progress
The Community Responder Model – Center for American Progress
— Read on www.americanprogress.org/article/community-responder-model/
get .pdf here
TASK FORCE REPORT: THE POLICE | Office of Justice Programs
The president’s commission on law-enforcement and administration of justice 
TASK FORCE REPORT: THE POLICE | Office of Justice Programs
— Read on www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/task-force-report-police
See a .PDF of the report here
Crime Hot Spots: A Study of New York City Streets in 2010, 2015, and 2020
Recent data in New York City suggest that violent crime is on the rise. However, over the last three decades, there has been a more than 70% decline in index crimes as reported by the FBI.
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/weisburd-zastrow-crime-hot-spots
Public Safety on NYC Subways: No Safety in Small Numbers | Manhattan Institute
As the Manhattan Institute reported last summer,[5] the subways were a violence-reduction success story from the early 1990s until 2019. Proactive policing, begun in the 1990s by then–transit police chief William J. Bratton, cut felonies by 15% just in 1991, and felonies underground continued…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/public-safety-nyc-subways-no-safety-small-numbers
NYPD Track Record on Overtime Spending Casts Doubt on Budget Claims – THE CITY
The 1960s Police Beat Algorithm and modern law enforcement surveillance.
The Police Beat Algorithm’s outputs were not so much predictive of future crime as they were self-fulfilling prophesies.
— Read on slate.com/technology/2022/11/police-beat-algorithm-lbj-ibm.html
NOVA | Computers v. Crime | Season 49 | Episode 14 | PBS
COMPSTAT, Intelligence Led-Policing, Social networking, RTM, Hotspots Policing, and Predictive Policing all types of data drive crime and policing.
Is artificial intelligence making policing and courts fairer, or is it increasing bias?
Check out the video here:
Future of Policing 