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CompStat Policing: An Overview
What is CompStat? At its time, CompStat policing was a notable shift from a more reactive type of policing...
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Introducing Data for Good: A Community-Based Program
Data for Good is a community-based program that shares precision data about where and when gun violence...
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Using Data to Build Safer Communities
SoundThinking’s Director of Community Engagement Dr. Gerard Tate was joined by Reverend Damita Davis-Howard...
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5 Reasons Why Your Agency Needs Crime Analytics Software
And what if the needed information actually resides in the next jurisdiction over — or in another state?...
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The Art and Science of a Gun Crime Investigation
There’s no substitute for the fresh opportunity to collect evidence, interview witnesses, and provide...
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The Importance of Law Enforcement Collaboration
I was one of the panelists along with former ATF Associate Deputy Director and SoundThinking’s...
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Directed Patrol vs. Hotspot Analysis
This is largely due to the increase in using data to identify problems and direct preventative efforts....
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Majority of Americans Support Acoustic Gunshot Detection
Twelve major U.S. cities set homicide records in 2021. As yet another summer surge storms into fall,...
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Gun Violence Prevention Best Practices: Part One
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were roughly 21,000 deaths (not counting suicides) and 41,000...
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ARPA Funding: More Money is Available
Fighting Crime With the American Rescue Plan Act Last year, President Biden provided guidance that American...
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Problem-Oriented Policing: The Future of Patrol
And high-visibility police patrols are a proven crime deterrent. But tight budgets and staffing challenges...
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Gun Violence Prevention: A Cohesive Approach
On July 26, I had the privilege of addressing the 46th Annual Training Conference of the National Organization...
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