Twenty first century policing: an evaluation of the Winnipeg Police Service Smart Policing Initiative
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2017
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Catte, Ryan
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Smart Policing Initiatives (SPI) are becoming increasingly common in the United States and in Canada. Supporters of SPI argue that it is a way for police departments to address decreasing budgets and increasing service demands. However, no evaluations have been conducted on the effectiveness of SPI on crime rates for longer than a year. Additionally, few evaluations have been conducted on the factors that help or hinder the implementation of SPI. Consequently, this project is a process and impact evaluation of SPI implemented by the Winnipeg Police Service East District that began in May 2012 until Dec 2016. The goal of the SPI program in ED is to utilize crime and traffic data and proactive policing tactics to reduce crime rates. The results of this thesis indicate that leadership and technology are two important factors to ensure the effective implementation and uptake of SPI. Additionally, univariate and regression analysis results indicate that since the implementation of SPI in ED property crime rates have had a statistically significant reduction in comparison to other districts in Winnipeg.
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Smart Policing Initiative, Policing, Evaluation