Stratified policing Flashcards
(29 cards)
What is SARA
Scanning, analyzing, respond, assess
What is COAR
Collaborative Analysis and Response
What is Starcom
Statistical tracking accountability and response through community oriented mapping.
What method of policing is employed by PSLPD
Problem oriented policing
What are immediate problems
Isolated incidents that occur and are resolved within minutes, hours, or in some cases days
What are the two categories of immediate problems?
Incidents and cases of interest
What are incidents?
Individual events to which typically an officer responds to or discovers on patrol.
What are cases of interest?
Individual events that arise from calls for service but are deemed more serious, requiring additional investigation and a more extensive immediate response.
What are short term problems?
Those that occur over several days and weeks and typically require short term vs immediate response.
What are the two types of short term problems?
Repeat incidents and patterns
What are repeat incidents
Three or more criminal or quality of life issues that have occurred at the same place within a 28 day period.
What are patterns?
Two or more crimes reported to or discovered by police that meet the following conditions: two incidents within a 0.2 mile radius, or three or more incidents within a 0.4 mile radius.
What are the four types of crime patterns?
Series, spree, hotspot, compound problems.
What is a series?
A group of incidents committed by the same person or group of people acting in concert.
What is a spree
A specific type of of series characterized by high frequency of criminal activity within a remarkably short time frame, to the extent that the activity appears to be almost consistent.
What is a hot spot?
A group of similar crimes committed by one or more individuals at locations within close proximity to one another.
What are compound problems?
The highest level problems that encompass various locations, offenders, and victims and, in most cases, exist throughout an entire jurisdiction.
How many does must no further incidents be reported before a crime pattern can be closed.
14 days
After closing a crime pattern related to a series, the pattern can be reopened if another incident is reported within how many days?
21 days
What are long term problems?
Problems that occur over several months, seasons, or years and stems from systemic opportunities created by everyday behavior and environment.
What are the three categories of long term problems?
Problem locations, problem areas, and compound problems.
What are problem locations?
Individual addresses or types of places at which there is a concentration of crime problematic activity.
What are problem areas?
Relatively small areas with a disproportionate amount of crime or disorder.
What are compound problems?
The highest level problems that encompass various locations, offenders, and victims and, in most cases exist throughout an entire jurisdiction
