Good morning everyone,
I am Chief of police Glenn Alred, We are here this morning to address the issue with the data gathered of controversial police stops. Some might think this data shows a disproportion of stops when it comes to race.
I would like to start by saying that we have implemented a program called “operation safer streets” this program was founded in 2002 by the Philadelphia police department. This program along with the Broken window program we already have in place will allow us as a police department to enforce the crime data given to us by compstats. All of these programs have resulted in great success in the efforts or reducing crime and calls for service in other cities. With these programs being utilized in our city it will allow the command staff the resources to produce the same great results in our city. And this will put the lawbreakers in jail and return the neighborhoods back to the people of the community.
I understand that some of you have concerns about racial profiling. Let me be clear, I will …show more content…
Compstat data shows that these areas are more likely neighborhoods of racial / ethnic minorities. Data shows that the crime rate is 45 percent higher in an African American neighborhood than in a white american neighborhood (Smith & Petrocelli, 2003) Officer are placed in areas with a higher volume of calls for service. This will have an effect on the number interaction with police the in this neighborhood. Because police are deployed by proportional to demand. If my police officers are deployed to a high crime area that is considered to be a “hot spot” I would ask them to be as aggressive as possible within the boundaries of the law. To do their best to rid the area of crime and make the community as safe as possible. I fully expect the officers to interact with anyone one they encounter with a level of respect they themselves would like to
I am Chief of police Glenn Alred, We are here this morning to address the issue with the data gathered of controversial police stops. Some might think this data shows a disproportion of stops when it comes to race.
I would like to start by saying that we have implemented a program called “operation safer streets” this program was founded in 2002 by the Philadelphia police department. This program along with the Broken window program we already have in place will allow us as a police department to enforce the crime data given to us by compstats. All of these programs have resulted in great success in the efforts or reducing crime and calls for service in other cities. With these programs being utilized in our city it will allow the command staff the resources to produce the same great results in our city. And this will put the lawbreakers in jail and return the neighborhoods back to the people of the community.
I understand that some of you have concerns about racial profiling. Let me be clear, I will …show more content…
Compstat data shows that these areas are more likely neighborhoods of racial / ethnic minorities. Data shows that the crime rate is 45 percent higher in an African American neighborhood than in a white american neighborhood (Smith & Petrocelli, 2003) Officer are placed in areas with a higher volume of calls for service. This will have an effect on the number interaction with police the in this neighborhood. Because police are deployed by proportional to demand. If my police officers are deployed to a high crime area that is considered to be a “hot spot” I would ask them to be as aggressive as possible within the boundaries of the law. To do their best to rid the area of crime and make the community as safe as possible. I fully expect the officers to interact with anyone one they encounter with a level of respect they themselves would like to