Crime Analysis Meeting
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One of the tools that the Boston Police Department uses to manage is a bi-monthly Crime Analysis Meeting started in 1994 and held every other Friday morning (usually 8-11 am). At the meeting, each district makes a presentation to the Police Commissioner, other leaders of the Police Department, the heads of all specialized units and representatives of all eleven districts. The sessions have multiple purposes according to Commissioner Evans and Superintendent Claiborne, who chaired the meeting we attended. They are intended to promote decentralized authority and accountability for results to district captains and district teams; spread best practices and lessons learned across the department; and encourage strategic, analytic, presentational and other skills of police officers. The Districts make formal presentations of their own data, followed by a short period of questions on issues of concern from HQ personnel. Three districts made presentations the day we attended CAM: Districts 5, A-1 and 6. It was the first presentation for the sergeants leading Beat Teams each of whom described how they are using the SARA problem-solving process (Scan, Analysis, Response, Assessment) to address a priority problem in their neighborhood. Each district in the city presents six times a year on a schedule known well in advance.
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Since 1994, the Boston Police Department has held a fortnightly Crime Analysis Meeting where each district reports to the Police Commissioner, heads of specialized units and representatives from all eleven districts.Commissioner Evans and Superintendent Claiborne claim the sessions:· promote decentralized authority and accountability for results to district captains and district teams; · spread best practices and lessons learned across the department; and · encourage strategic, analytic, presentational and other skills of police officers. Each district presents its own data six times a year. When we attended, Beat Team sergeants in districts A-1, 5 and 6 presented their data and described how they use SARA Scan, Analysis, Response and Assessment to address a local priority problem.
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