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June 3, 2012WSU Police Chief Tony Holt discusses CompStat initiative in Campus Safety Magazine podcast
http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/Channel/Public-Safety/News/2012/05/31/Podcast-University-Hospital-Partnerships-Cut-Detroit-Crime.aspx
The Wayne State University Police Department and the Center for Urban Studies have developed a targeted crime fighting initiative called Midtown CompStat. Wayne State police, representatives from Henry Ford Health System’s police authority as well as representatives from the Detroit Police Department, Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, AmeriCorps, Detroit Medical Center, corrections, local libraries, private companies and other institutions meet every other week to map crimes that occur and develop strategies to combat them. They are also using technology, such as video surveillance, to improve situational awareness among all of the organizations involved. By any measure, the initiative has been a success. From 2008 to 2011, the rate of robberies and burglaries has decreased by 30 percent; auto theft is down by 53 percent; and larceny is down by 37 percent. In this podcast, Wayne State University Police Chief Tony Holt and Henry Ford Health System Director of Police Authority Nick Radu describe how they worked together to implement the program.
The Wayne State University Police Department and the Center for Urban Studies have developed a targeted crime fighting initiative called Midtown CompStat. Wayne State police, representatives from Henry Ford Health System’s police authority as well as representatives from the Detroit Police Department, Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, AmeriCorps, Detroit Medical Center, corrections, local libraries, private companies and other institutions meet every other week to map crimes that occur and develop strategies to combat them. They are also using technology, such as video surveillance, to improve situational awareness among all of the organizations involved. By any measure, the initiative has been a success. From 2008 to 2011, the rate of robberies and burglaries has decreased by 30 percent; auto theft is down by 53 percent; and larceny is down by 37 percent. In this podcast, Wayne State University Police Chief Tony Holt and Henry Ford Health System Director of Police Authority Nick Radu describe how they worked together to implement the program.
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