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In the six years since he’s been Director of Police Services for Memphis, Larry Godwin has proven a firm
advocate for the merits of intelligent policing practices. Along the way, he’s shown that openness,
accountability, and a willingness to listen and learn are an important foundation.
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Without a more efficient way to increase the overall effectiveness, the department officials struggled to
predict, track and respond swiftly to the unfolding crime or even optimize their limited resources and
funds.
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Through such smart policing approaches, MPD has reduced the overall crime volume in Memphis,
making life safer for the citizens that were demanding it.
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Called Blue CRUSH, the data-driven initiative uses information collected from Memphis Police
Department (MPD) reports to determine local crime hotspots. Aggravated assaults, nondomestic
violence, robbery, burglary, and vehicle theft are among the crimes targeted.
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If you where acting to predict crimes you began observing criminals patterns what hours of the day what
days of a week , you began to analyze their behavior
if you also collect data on their individuals demographics you could begin connecting that data
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Blue Crush takes in video surveillance form cameras distributed throughout the city and centralized data
gathered by numerous agencies , at the heart of operation lies a program design by rigid to comb
through all the data
the idea is to stop crimes before it happens.
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The pilot program tapped the power of statistics and predictive analytics software as well as geographic
information systems to zero in on where and when crimes were occurring — and likely to hit next — and
harness that information to better deploy officers on the street. Since then, Operation Blue CRUSH has
become an indispensable tool for the Memphis Police, helping patrol officers as well as members of
state and federal agencies push down crime rates in Memphis and surrounding communities
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For example, by identifying an increase in burglaries in a particular neighborhood, the department can –
on short notice – dispatch officers to that area, on a particular day, at specific times. The solution also
helps the department identify factors that may contribute to future crimes, such as abandoned
housing. MPD routinely uses cross-tabs and frequency functions to uncover trends and pinpoint ‘hot
spots’ of criminal activity.
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For example, data can tell officers where to position surveillance cameras and when to monitor them.
They integrated was both arrest data and incident data then use theory that evolve from research on
offenders to looks for certain types of patterns of behavior.
Overall improvement in the ability to allocate police resource in a budget-constrained fiscal

environment.
The data show that some types of crime concentrated in a certain area and at certain times
This conclude that home burglaries tend to takes place during business hours when most people are
away from home businesses on the other hand usually suffer break-ins after hours
So basically, the dinning principles is to deploy police resources in the right day on the right time then it
will goanna reduce crime
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Blue CRUSH relies on direct feeds from the MPD’s records management system and numerous other
reports and sources.
Blue CRUSH integrates robust statistical modeling and analysis with GIS to provide MPD with highly
actionable information.
Granular tracking crime of crime patterns enables MPD to predict future crime hot spots and direct
police resources there proactively
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So, the data can tell officers where to position surveillance cameras and when to monitor them.
Blue Crush (Criminal Reduction Utilizing Statistical) History is an IBM predictive analytics system that
attempts to predict the location of future crimes.[1] Blue CRUSH program in conjunction with Memphis
Police Department In Memphis it was “credited as a key factor behind a 31 percent fall in crime and 15
percent drop in violent crime.

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the idea is to stop crimes before it happens.

Overall improvement in the ability to allocate police resource in a budget-constrained fiscal

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