Integrating “hot spot” technologies to establish effective methods for deploying

law enforcement resources through analysis of crash and crime data.

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Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS)

• DDACTS is an operational model that uses the integration of location-based crime and traffic data to establish effective and efficient methods for deploying law enforcement and other resources.

DDACTS Goals

• Reduce the incidence of crime, crashes and traffic violations in a community.

• Reduce social harm.

Why DDACTS?

• Increasing Demands and Limited Resources• Conflicting/Competing Demands for Service• Crime and Crashes Often Occur in Close Proximity• Crimes Often Involve a Motor Vehicle• Vehicle Stops Can Yield Criminal Identification and

Arrest

DDACTS Advantages

• Collaborative Effort• Grounded in Community-Oriented Policing• Evidence-Based Problem-Solving• Focused Area for High-Visibility Enforcement• Ensures Accountability• Fewer Ethical and Legal Concerns

DDACTS Guiding Principles

• Partner/Stakeholder Participation• Data Collection• Data Analysis• Strategic Operations• Information Sharing and Outreach• Monitor, Evaluate and Adjust• Outcomes

National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives

“If the data analysis reveals that criminal activity and traffic crashes occur at a specific place within a community, then it is at that place that law enforcement activities need to be focused. A non-biased, data-driven approach to crime and traffic safety delivers law enforcement services at the right place and at the right time.”

Joseph A. McMillan, NOBLE President

Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety

DDACTSSuccess Stories and Reports

fromSchenectady, NY

Harlingen, TXMeridian, ID

Hot spot of Identified DDACTS

Location

Providing Suggested Enforcement times for Crime & Traffic Detail

DDACTS Locations Setup with Road

Perimeters

Schenectady Population:

66,000

Calls for Service: 81,282

Incidents: 18,078

Sworn Officers: 149

Civilians: 75

Schenectady, New York DDACTS

*19.1% Increase in Citywide Traffic Stops during the before and after DDACTS time period

Sept – July 2012 (N=6,948)

Sept – July 2013 (N=8,272)

*Stressing the importance of traffic stopsin monthly Compstat & Impact meetings

CRIME, CRASHES & COPSReducing the Two Without Increasing the Third

How Did DDACTS work in Harlingen, Texas?

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

34%

LARCENY/THEFT

40%

AUTO THEFT

58%

46%

BURGLARY

33%

MURDER

31%

RAPE

32%

ROBBERY

City of Meridian

Population = 82KSquare Miles = 27.5Vehicle count per 24 hrs = 55K

Police Department Demographics Agency Structure

Patrol, CID, Community Services • Sworn = 88 • Civilian = 26

2013 Statistics•CFS = 58,938•Crimes = 2,906•Crashes = 1,398•Citations = 10,944

CRIME, CRASHES & COPSReducing the Two Without Increasing the Third

How Did DDACTS work in Meridian, Idaho?

Reductions -15.9% Crimes (301 to 253)

-4.5% Crashes (133 to 127)

-33.3% A Injury Crashes (6 to 4)

-57.9% B Injury Crashes (19 to 8)

-17.9% C Injury Crashes (39 to 32)

-34.9% Citations

Increases35.1% CFS (621 to 839)

100.0% Non-Reported Crashes (13 to 26)

1.8% Prop Damage Crashes (56 to 57)

Meridian Activity Report Update

CRIME, CRASHES & COPSReducing the Two Without Increasing the Third

Selling DDACTS to the rank and file

2010 Calls for Service: 87,491 2013 Calls for Service: 50,673

36,818

Fewer Calls for Service

265%Increase in Traffic Contacts

2010 Traffic Contacts: 13,6062013 Traffic Contacts: 49,702

DDACTS - Return on Investment

• Cost-Effective Approach• Reduction in Social Harm• Fewer Calls for Service• Increased Time For High-Visibility Patrols• Increased Deterrence• Increased Field Contacts

DDACTS National Partners

Integrating “hot spot” technologies to establish effective methods for deploying

law enforcement resources through analysis of crash and crime data.

Questions?

Contact[Contact name & info]

For information about DDACTS,including the DDACTS toolkit,

please visit www.nhtsa.gov/ddacts.

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