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April 2023: Data-Driven Policing

Data, analytics, and transparency are high-interest topics in law enforcement, but what does “data-driven policing” really look like? How can it be achieved? Agencies around the globe are exploring these questions and determining how to best collect; analyze; and, most importantly, use data to drive operations and guide decision-making for improvements in safety, diversity, crime prevention, victim response, and more.

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  • Good Data Drives Good Policing

    Most, but not all, of the largest police departments across the world embraced modern crime analysis decades ago. In 2017, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) further supplemented its long comm...

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  • Finding What Works Best

    “More data needed,” “Data show disparity in response,” “Police should not respond to traffic violations.” These types of headlines play on repeat. Every time police executives open their e...

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  • Data-Driven Diversity

    Law enforcement agencies are experiencing unprecedented levels of scrutiny from community members regarding use-of-force encounters between officers and community members of color. During these diffic...

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  • Preventing, Disrupting & Deterring Crime with Data

    Numerous Western police organizations, including the Danish National Police, have articulated their deployment of intelligence-led policing (ILP)—a goal-oriented model for policing with a focus on i...

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  • 2023 Buyers’ Guide

    To make the most efficient use of the Buyers’ Guide, use the listings of products and services to identify those companies that manufacture or supply the products and services in which you are inter...

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