CompStat and Police Profession

39370Describe CompStat and identify the core principles of CompStat that can have a positive impact in an agency of 20 sworn personnel, an agency of 100 sworn personnel or an agency of 500 sworn personnel.
Why is the concept of a police profession so important?

Reading and Resources
Week 1 – Evolution, Police Today and Terrorism
Ercikti, S., Vito, G. F., Walsh, W. F., & Higgins, G. E. (2011). Major determinants of job satisfaction among
police managers. Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, 8(1), 97-111. Retrieved from
http://www.utsa.edu/swjcj
Firman, J. R. (2003). Deconstructing CompStat to clarify its intent. Criminology & Public Policy, 2(3), 457-
460. doi:10.1111/j.1745-9133.2003.tb00007.x
Garicano, L., & Heaton, P. (2010). Information technology, organization, and productivity in the public
sector: Evidence from police departments. Journal of Labor Economics, 28(1), 167-201.
doi:10.1086/649844
Hanink, P. (2013). Don’t trust the police: Stope questions frisk, compstat, and the high cost of statistical
over-reliance in the NYPD. Journal of The Institute of Justice & International Studies, 131-149.
Retrieved from http://www.ucmo.edu/cjinst/Journal.html
Moore, M. H. (2003). Sizing up CompStat: An important administrative innovation in policing.
Criminology & Public Policy, 2(3), 469-493. doi:10.1111/j.1745-9133.2003.tb00009.x
Vito, G. F., Walsh, W. F., & Kunselman, J. (2005). Compstat: The manager’s perspective. International
Journal of Police Science & Management, 7(3), 187-196. doi:10.1350/ijps.2005.7.3.187
Weisburd, D., Mastrofski, S. D., McNally, A. M., Greenspan, R., & Willis, J. J. (2003). Reforming to
preserve: CompStat and strategic problem solving in American policing. Criminology & Public
Policy, 2(3), 421-455. doi:10.1111/j.1745-9133.2003.tb00006.x