Research for Smart Policing
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 guide provides examples of outreach, explains successful social marketing practices (in the context of Smart Policing), and provides case studies of successful outreach efforts.
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.
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.
The Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) is a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)-sponsored initiative that supports law enforcement agencies in building evidence-based, data-driven law enforcement tactics and strategies that are effective, efficient, and economical. Smart Policing represents a strategic approach that brings more "science" into police operations by leveraging innovative applications of analysis, technology, and evidence-based practices. The goal of the SPI is to improve policing performance and effectiveness while containing costs; an important consideration in today’s fiscal environment.
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