An East End Chamber of Commerce committee is urging HPD to adopt CompStat (an approach to crimefighting that has been discussed here regularly):
The Crime Awareness Committee of the Greater East End Chamber of Commerce is endorsing and hoping to persuade the Houston Police Department to implement CompStat.
The crime-mapping system identifies and tracks established and emerging trends and enables law enforcement to share information in a more timely manner.
Committee members said they think the organizational management tool may help the police to better identify and combat pockets of crime throughout the city.
Committee chairman Larry Lipton hosted a recent meeting to detail the program. City Councilman Peter Brown gave a presentation about CompStat, which has been used in places such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York City.
“This program takes data and gives it to police so that they can dispatch their forces efficiently,” said Lipton. “Our committee wants HPD to adopt this program.”
blogHOUSTON also wants HPD to adopt this program.
Unfortunately, CompStat proponents are going to have to work to convince the next mayor, because MayorWhiteChiefHurtt haven’t shown much interest in the proven crimefighting approach.
