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IMPACT POLICING
The City of Statesville / Statesville Police Department recently implemented the Impact Policing program to work in conjunction with Statesville/Iredell Gang Initiative (SIGI).
This program uses existing collaborations and an integration of evidence-based, problem-oriented policing strategies to:
(1) Reduce violent and property crimes;
(2) Improve officers’ knowledge and response to recurring community problems;
(3) Reduce repeat calls for service involving repeat locations, offenders, and victims;
(4) Strengthen communities in order to prevent future crimes and sustain crime rate reductions.
Strategies and Methods used to achieve these goals include:
(1) Problem-oriented policing- Identify specific recurring problems, analyzing the problem, and implementing strategic plans to respond to the problem
(2) Carefully reviewing current police data to identify crime trends and hot spots, developing and implementing strategies to address them at the Patrol level, and sharing their results in regularly scheduled accountability meetings
(3) Focused deterrence and intelligence-led policing- Using crime analysis, intelligence sharing, and leveraged resources to identify and target chronic offenders with swift, certain, and severe punishment for continued criminal behavior
(4) Community policing- Building & enhancing relationships with community members and service providers to improve the safety and quality of life in target areas.
Impact Policing is a proactive, data driven, problem solving approach to bridge the gaps between our traditional law enforcement strategies and our focused deterrence strategy. In theory and practice, impact policing is a combination of various components of community policing, problem-oriented policing, situational crime prevention, and focused deterrence tailored to respond to crime, the fear of crime, and/or recurring community problems.
Impact Officers are assigned cases and/or reported problems involving repeat offenders, repeat victims, and repeat locations, thus focusing resources where crime is concentrated. Officers assume “ownership” of the problem or case; seeing it through to its outcome similar to a detective working a homicide investigation.
Officers are given the authority to use innovation and access community, local business, governmental, and Departmental resources to solve recurring problems as well as reducing crime and disorder in targeted areas.
The Statesville Police Department established a strong, on-going collaborative of 40 law enforcement, faith-based, non-profit service providers, educational institutions, mental health professionals, and transitional housing providers in 2009 via our State-recognized Statesville-Iredell Gang Initiative which the officers can draw from.
A Department-funded Community Resource Coordinator stands ready to connect officers, victims, and even offenders with these resources when called upon by the officers.
Two Impact Officers are assigned to each patrol squad. Officers are assigned, but not restricted, to one of six wards within the City limits. The officers establish a personal relationship with the council member and neighborhood watch leaders of those wards, and it also fosters communication and partnerships between the officer and the citizens in the respective ward.
Incident Reviews are conducted by the command staff and Impact Unit Supervisor on a daily basis via review of crime reports, field interviews, crime statistics & trends, citizen complaints and concerns, etc.
A determination of what cases or community problems are assigned to an Impact Officer is primarily based upon nature of the assignment, solvability factors or investigative leads, number of times problems or crimes have occurred at the particular location(s) or involving repeat offenders or victims, and potential impact on quality of life. However, other factors may lead to officers being assigned a particular problem or case, and Impact Officers have the option of generating their own cases when appropriate. Many problems may not be criminal in nature, yet an Impact Officer may possess the skills, abilities, and resources to successfully resolve them.
Officers will utilize the SARA model (Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment) to address the underlying conditions that contribute to crime and disorder by identifying and thoroughly analyzing problems, developing suitable responses, and assessing the effectiveness of the responses. Officers will then carefully and systematically analyze data collected during the identification stage in order to narrow the scope of the problem, identify resources that may be available to assist with the problem, and attempt to understand what conditions preceded or accompanied the problem and has been done about it to this point.
Officers are expected to determine viable options and develop a specific, strategic plan to respond to the problem. Officers are encouraged to explore alternatives to traditional law enforcement tactics and implement methods that prevent crime by deterring offenders, protecting likely victims, and making crime locations less conducive to problems. However, officers will still have the option of traditional methods of law enforcement available to them if required. Regardless of what strategy they choose, officers will be held accountable for their decisions.