Compstat

The system called Compstat required that police commanders attend weekly meetings at police headquarters in which they discussed crime activity in their precincts.

NYPD's Long War Over Crime Stats Sean Gardiner 2011

This data-driven, proactive style of policing, which came to be known as Compstat, led to the largest crime drop in recent memory.

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It's called Compstat - a crime mapping system that will tally trends.

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Mr. Silverman said he believes the NYPD's "Compstat" system for tracking crime, under which police commanders are held accountable for spikes in their precincts, has led to statistics being manipulated to avoid increases.

Police in About-Face on City Crime Data Sean Gardiner 2010

The hot-spot idea helped to increase the effectiveness of the New York Police Department's Compstat program, which uses computerized maps to pinpoint where crime is taking place and enables police chiefs to hold precinct captains responsible for targeting those areas.

Hard Times, Fewer Crimes James Q. Wilson 2011

Eterno and Silverman, who are writing a book called "Unveiling Compstat: The Global Policing Revolution's Naked Truths" based in part on their study challenging the accuracy of the NYPD's statistics, respectively accused the lost property numbers of being "vetted" and "cleaned."

NYPD's Long War Over Crime Stats Sean Gardiner 2011

Finally, there's the precinct's Compstat sergeant, who was blamed for failing to process complaint reports from the Port Authority police at JFK airport, which is in the 113th precinct's jurisdiction.

Len Levitt: NYPD: Protecting the Connected 2010

One element of the Compstat program is the theory that aggressive arrests for the smallest crimes, with a minimum of 24 hours spent in jail, lead to discouraging of repeat offenses.

Rob Kall: NYPD Cops Fudged Crime Stats in Compstat Model Program Now Used in 100s of US Cities 2010

So either those other cities all failed to follow Compstat fully, or Compstat, he said, "is not the entire reason why crime went down."

Rob Kall: NYPD Cops Fudged Crime Stats in Compstat Model Program Now Used in 100s of US Cities 2010

Finally, there's the precinct's Compstat sergeant, who was blamed for failing to process complaint reports from the Port Authority police at JFK airport, which is in the 113th precinct's jurisdiction.

Dan Collins: At a Queens Precinct: Protecting the Connected, Forsaking the Honest 2010