Research for Domestic Safety
This paper discusses the critical need for a new paradigm in policing: one that incorporates aspects of existing policing concepts in a manner that recognizes the significant changes in the twenty-first century criminal environment, the economic and social realities facing law enforcement entities, and the availability of potentially powerful technology-driven, crime-fighting tools.
This paper reviews the history of police operations and discusses the next evolution in policing and public safety strategy. SMART policing uses technology, research, and analysis to support the strategic management of police activities. Many jurisdictions are already employing some SMART policing approaches, such as the use of new technologies for more efficient data collection and display, information sharing, and data analysis.
This CNA case-study discusses the reductions in crime, jail, and prison use in New York City, touching on significance, key features, consequences, and caution.
James “Chips” Stewart and Stephen Rickman provide insights of lessons to be learned for police departments in the United States from the civil disturbances in London, Manchester, and Birmingham.
CNA Senior Law Enforcement Fellow, James “Chips” Stewart, served as Chairman of an Independent Review Board to analyze a police shooting that occurred outside a Baltimore nightclub in January 2011. The incident resulted in the death of one plainclothes police officer and one civilian. In addition, three civilians and one uniformed officer were wounded in the incident. In support of the Board, CNA produced a timeline and incident reconstruction of the police response and shooting, as well as a series of briefs on Baltimore Police Department policies and procedures. The report makes recommendations to help prevent such a tragedy from occurring in the future.
Collaboration and partnership efforts are often incorporated into the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI). We include these aspects of crime prevention and crime control as core SPI components, and we often direct these efforts internally within our departments (“in-reach” as well as external outreach to justice system, government, and community stakeholders). We rarely, however, treat collaboration and partnership as a variable to measure and analyze.
This two-pager provides an overview of the Bureau of Justices Assistance SMART Policing Initiative. CNA assists 32 law enforcement departments and agencies nationwide in developing and implementing strategies, by providing training and technical assistance.
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