Since 1994, the Boston Police Department has held a fortnightly Crime Analysis Meeting where each district reports to the Police Commissioner, heads of specialized units and representatives from all eleven districts.Commissioner Evans and Superintendent Claiborne claim the sessions:· promote decentralized authority and accountability for results to district captains and district teams; · spread best practices and lessons learned across the department; and · encourage strategic, analytic, presentational and other skills of police officers. Each district presents its own data six times a year. When we attended, Beat Team sergeants in districts A-1, 5 and 6 presented their data and described how they use SARA Scan, Analysis, Response and Assessment to address a local priority problem.
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