Over the last few years, Gary Police Department (GPD) has started to use data more and we now have a full time crime analyst. Currently our efforts have focused on data that shows historical trends, comparisons between timeframes, and documents previous months efforts. We would like to start using data more proactively, in real time, to make decisions about deployment and to help identify strategies and tactics that are customized to high-crime neighborhoods. We also have a regional data effort with Indiana University Northwest (IUN) but our department doesn’t know exactly how to use the data to help inform our decision-making. In addition, we are engaged with the OJP Diagnostic Center. They have been working with us for two years to identify solutions for our violent crime issues, particularly focused at youth-violence and homicides. One of their recommendations was to address the capacity of our department to use data in decision-making as well as in identifying violent crime strategies and performance measures.
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