COMPSTAT
COMPSTAT:
ITS ORIGINS, EVOLUTION, AND FUTURE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Bureau of Justice Assistance Police Executive Research Forum
Bureau of Justice Assistance U.S. Department of Justice
COMPSTAT:
ITS ORIGINS, EVOLUTION, AND FUTURE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Bureau of Justice Assistance Police Executive Research Forum
Copyright 2013 by Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, DC 20036 All rights reserved.
The points of view expressed herein are the authors' and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Bureau of Justice Assistance or individual Police Executive Research Forum members.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN: 978-1-934485-23-1
Cover and text page design by Dave Williams.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.......................................................................................................................... v
FOREWORD...........................................................................................................................................vii
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................... 1
WHAT IS COMPSTAT AND HOW DID IT DEVELOP?.......................................................................2 What Is Compstat?................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Compstat Emerges at NYPD................................................................................................................................................. 3 Compstat Is Adopted by Other Law Enforcement Agencies............................................................................................ 6 Compstat Is Adopted by Non-Law Enforcement Agencies.............................................................................................. 6
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT COMPSTAT TODAY?.......................................................................8 The Case for Compstat........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Compstat Must Be a Clear, Purposeful Strategy................................................................................................................. 8 Compstat Is More Than a Meeting....................................................................................................................................... 9 Compstat Is Flexible and Can Accelerate Organizational Change................................................................................... 9 Organizational Change in Three Agencies: Chicago; Clearwater, FL; and Camden, NJ........................................... 12 Compstat Increases Accountability.................................................................................................................................... 14 Follow-Up Is Critical............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Compstat Empowers Officers, but Chiefs Should Anticipate Initial Resistance.......................................................... 15 Compstat Meetings Should Be Direct but Respectful...................................................................................................... 16 Information-Sharing Supports Compstat Success........................................................................................................... 17 Compstat Wins Support of Officers, Community Members in Daytona Beach, Florida........................................... 20 Compstat Depends on Effective Crime Analysis.............................................................................................................. 21 Ensuring the Accuracy of Crime Statistics................................................................................................................... 22 Does Compstat Inhibit Decentralization of Decision-Making?..................................................................................... 23 Compstat Can Be Applied to Resource Management as well as to Crime Reduction................................................. 24
THE FUTURE OF COMPSTAT.............................................................................................................26
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................ 30
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................... 32
Appendix A: PERF Compstat Executive Session Participants....................................34
Appendix B: PERF Survey and Survey Results....................................................................36
Compstat: Its Origins, Evolution, and Future
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In Law Enforcement Agencies
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