Tag: Crime Statistics: Page 19

Patrol

Violent Crime and Property Crime Fall Again, FBI Says

Violent crime fell an estimated 5.3 percent drop in 2009 from 2008. Property crime fell for a seventh straight year with an estimated 4.6 percent decrease.

September 12, 2010

Patrol

Deputy Who Arrested Mel Gibson Sues His Agency

James Mee, who is still employed with the department, claims supervisors passed him over for promotions and that his job performance has been unfairly scrutinized, after he refused to redact Gibson's anti-Semitic remarks from his incident report.

September 7, 2010

Patrol

Chicago's Top Cop: Violent Crime Isn't Out of Control

Superintendent Jody Weis said Monday that homicides have dropped in the past two decades and for the first seven months are "holding even with last year," the newspaper reported.

August 2, 2010

Technology

34 Agencies Purchase Spillman Software In 1Q

Five public safety agencies purchased Spillman Technologies' software for the first time in the first quarter of 2010. Twenty-nine agencies expanded existing Spillman systems.

June 23, 2010

Training

Compton Leaders Hope To Reestablish Police Department

Compton council members voted Tuesday to sever ties with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department that has overseen a precipitous drop in the murder rate.

June 1, 2010

Special Units

Lost Opportunities

There was a time when gang officers were making real progress toward restraining the growth of gangs. Unfortunately, these officers were undercut by budgetary constraints, their own administrators, the whims of politicians, and ironically their own success.

May 27, 2010

Patrol

FBI Reports U.S. Crime Decline In 2009

Violent crimes fell 5.5 percent and property crimes declined 4.9 percent compared with 2008, according to the preliminary report. An overall decline in reported crimes came for the third straight year.

May 23, 2010

Technology

Cornell Univ. PD Chooses Spillman's Software To Compile Crime Data

Cornell University Police Department is adopting new software from Spillman Technologies to help the agency compile data about campus crimes and access critical information from the field.

May 19, 2010

Patrol

NYPD Cop's Secret Audio Recordings Reveal Crime Report Manipulation

The audio recordings are from eight-year NYPD officer Adrian Schoolcraft, who had spoken out in February about manipulation of crime reports in the 81st Precinct.

May 7, 2010

Technology

More Than 85 Agencies Purchase Spillman Software in Fourth Quarter

Twenty-five public safety agencies purchased Spillman software for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2009, bringing the total number of Spillman customers to more than 800 public safety agencies in 36 states across the nation. Sixty-two agencies expanded existing Spillman systems.

February 18, 2010

Technology

CrimeReports iPhone App Tops 100,000 Downloads in First Month

CrimeReports, publishers of the national crime map, announced its popular iPhone app has had more than 100,000 downloads and has been used to complete more than eight million crime searches across North America in the 30 days since its release.

January 28, 2010

Technology

Stats at a Glance

CrimeReports' eponymous flagship product allows a law enforcement agency to show the public where and when crimes are being committed in their jurisdiction via online maps. The company's Command Central takes this idea one step further by putting these statistics in the hands of the agency itself.

January 26, 2010