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April 11, 2012Channel 4 news report highlights WSU Police, Center for Urban Studies program to curb crime
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/crimetracker/Wayne-State-University-Police-Huge-drops-in-crime-in-Midtown-Detroit/-/1719402/10433310/-/wet9wr/-/
Midtown CompStat is the brainchild of the Wayne State University Police Department and WSU’s Center for Urban Studies. The program began in 2009 and uses a targeted crime-fighting approach both on and off campus. "We identify the hot spots by crime mapping. We take the crime mapping and we look at the populations, we look at the event and we say 'Now what strategy can we put out there where we're effective?'," said Wayne State University Police Chief Anthony Holt. Every two weeks law enforcement agencies and other groups meet to identify hotspots in Midtown; those are places where more crimes are happening. The group then comes up with strategies to combat the crime. According to Wayne State police, serious crime is down 38 percent since 2008. In addition to that, robberies are down 30 percent, burglary is down 30 percent and auto theft is down 53 percent.
Midtown CompStat is the brainchild of the Wayne State University Police Department and WSU’s Center for Urban Studies. The program began in 2009 and uses a targeted crime-fighting approach both on and off campus. "We identify the hot spots by crime mapping. We take the crime mapping and we look at the populations, we look at the event and we say 'Now what strategy can we put out there where we're effective?'," said Wayne State University Police Chief Anthony Holt. Every two weeks law enforcement agencies and other groups meet to identify hotspots in Midtown; those are places where more crimes are happening. The group then comes up with strategies to combat the crime. According to Wayne State police, serious crime is down 38 percent since 2008. In addition to that, robberies are down 30 percent, burglary is down 30 percent and auto theft is down 53 percent.
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