Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

Wednesday, March 27* and met with representatives from Forensic Logic, the data company that prepares the CompStat report and other data instruments for the OPD. CompStat Readiness The team believes that the OPD and Chief Bershears are on track to initiate the reinvigorated CompStat on April 24* The team has made recommendations for revising the CompStat data report for greater clarity and also to include arrest and enforcement data. Forensic Logic has agreed to make these changes prior to the week of April 21^*. The team has also prepared a draft announcement concerning the reinvigorated CompStat for distribution by Chief Jordan. The team believes that it is important to mark a clear departure from past CompStat practice and thinks that a formal announcement will help establish this departure. Chief Bershears has proved a keen student of the CompStat process, and The Bratton Group team believes that he will be able to direct the CompStat meetings going forward. As currently scheduled, Bratton Group team members will attend the April 24* CompStat meeting and the next biweekly meeting on May 8*. Team members will also return for the June 19* meeting. As always, the critical question with respect to CompStat will be the response of the district captains and other unit leaders to the challenging new format and the relentless focus on detail that is envisaged for the reinvigorated CompStat process. Having met with the captains, Bratton Group team members can report that several of the captains seemed ready for the challenge, while others were more circumspect and suspicious. Investigations Issues (Robbery and Burglary) As noted in The Bratton Group's first report, homicides, robberies and burglaries have all risen steeply since 2010, and these surges probably are not unrelated to a parallel decline in sworn personnel since 2009. It seems clear that, with the current staffing and current configurations in investigations, robberies and burglaries are not being adequately investigated. The Bratton Group team believes that a decentralization of both robbery and burglary investigations to the district level could dramatically improve this situation by bringing investigative resources into the field more quickly and ensuring sharper focus on, and quicker identification of, local crime patterns. We have already noted that, under the current configuration there is only one burglary detective for the entire city, a thankless assignment in a city that recorded about 11,000 burglaries in 2012. Robbery investigations are better staffed, with a lieutenant, sergeant and eight investigators assigned to Major Crimes Section 2 (MCS2), which handles robberies and non-gun assaults, but Bratton Group team members encountered a number of bottlenecks and other problems that may be undercutting effective robbery investigations. The Bratton Group, LLC 25