For a while now, AmUS has been trying to find a way to provide the Wayne State Police Department with an extra pair of eyes during periods of high crime.
The
AmeriCorps Urban Safety (AmUS) Project is a part of the Wayne State
University Center for Urban Studies’ Urban Safety Initiative. This
initiative uses crime data provided by Wayne State University and
Detroit Police Departments to highlight crime trends in the area. This
information is used as part of the COMPSTAT (computer statistic)
process by which the police use data to locate crime hotspots.
Interventions are then employed in those hotspot areas that
include follow ups on the efforts to ensure policing effectiveness.
Along with input from community residents and the police, the AMUS Project uses the Urban Safety Initiative crime data to target crime prevention strategies within neighborhoods and to track the progress of those efforts. Additionally, crime and safety concerns voiced by residents are passed along by AMUS members to the police (with the permission of the residents) in order to assist the police in their work. Together, we are helping each other make our neighborhoods safer.
Along with input from community residents and the police, the AMUS Project uses the Urban Safety Initiative crime data to target crime prevention strategies within neighborhoods and to track the progress of those efforts. Additionally, crime and safety concerns voiced by residents are passed along by AMUS members to the police (with the permission of the residents) in order to assist the police in their work. Together, we are helping each other make our neighborhoods safer.
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