Compstat and Cleveland Gang Prevention Program
COMPSTAT has important future plans and the most effective plans are advancing innovations and technology, and using predictive policing. Technology and innovation will have positive implications in law enforcement in American since police agencies will have the ability to identify problems, use limited resources, and implement effective solutions to combat crimes. With innovation and technology, the law enforcement agency will use the intelligence-led policing where they will collaborate with the community in sharing information and fighting crime (Police Executive Research Forum, 2013). Intelligence-led policing will allow the police agency to conduct a holistic investigation, assess the problem, create measurable goals, and implement tactics and strategies to combat the crime. Another important future implication is that technology and innovation will enable the police agency to employ smart policing and this will enable them to use evidence-based tactics and practices in their operations. Smart policing will help them use test interventions, share knowledge with the community, focus on areas with high concentration of crime and use the most important strategies and techniques (Police Executive Research Forum, 2013). The law enforcement agency will also bring positive future implications through the use of evidence-based policing which focus on the available evidence in order to understand the nature of the problem, implement policing interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the initiative.
The second future plan that will bring positive implications is the use of predictive policing. The role of the law enforcement agencies is not only to combat crime but also to prevent crimes from reoccurring. In the future, the probability of crime to reoccur will be zero since the predictive policing will allow the police agency to combine analytical techniques, evidence-based interventions, power of information, intelligence-led policing and problem-oriented policing in predicting crimes, preventing crime from reoccurring, and promote public safety (Police Executive Research Forum,2013).
A city that is plagued with loosely organized gangs is the San Antonio. The primary cavities of these gangs are drug dealing and in specific heroin and cocaine. The gangs do not commit these illegal activities an organized group but they form subgroups (Kontos, Brotherton & Barrios, 2003). Gangs also commit serious crimes such as homicides, robbery, and theft. The main reasons as to why the city has violent gangs and a higher rate of crime is new immigrants and rapid population growth, and socioeconomic challenges such as distressed neighborhood, unemployment, high poverty, and income disparity (Kontos, Brotherton & Barrios, 2003). Young people are victims of violence in San Antonio city due to lack of education, employment, and poverty. These factors influence them to engage in criminal activities to make money. New immigrants are terrible people as they have increased the rate of crime and violence in drug dealing (Kontos, Brotherton & Barrios, 2003). As the chief of police in the San Antonio city, the best prevention strategy that I would implement to combat crime are focused deterrence strategy and problem-oriented policing. In the focused-deterrence strategy, I will target the criminal behavior and the offenders, cooperate with law enforcement agencies and the community in developing response and provide social service to the offenders such as education and employment (Kontos, Brotherton & Barrios, 2003). Second, I will use the problem-oriented policing that is based on identifying the problem, implementing a plan of action, offer a solution, and evaluate whether the implemented solutions are effective in reducing crime in the city (Kontos, Brotherton & Barrios, 2003). these strategies are effective since they will not only focus on crime but they will also assess the risk factors and implement individual, family and community prevention programs to help young people live a productive life.
Reference
Kontos, L., Brotherton, D., & Barrios, L. (2003). Gangs and society: Alternative perspectives.
New York: Columbia University Press.
Police Executive Research Forum. (2013). Compstat: Its origins, evolution, and future in law enforcement agencies. Retrieved from: https://www.bja.gov/Publications/PERF-Compstat.pdf
