Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

FROM: CHIEF HOWARD JORDAN TO: ALL DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL SUBJECT: COMPSTA T MEETINGS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Date: XX/XX/2013 OVERVIEVy The core mission of the Oakland Police Department is to reduce crime, fear and disorder in our city. I am proud of the work the men and women of all ranks in this Department are doing as we seek to accomplish this mission. In order to continuously improve our ability to deliver police service, we have re-engineered our CompStat process and will soon begin conducting our refocused biweekly CompStat meetings. The OPD CompStat process is designed to empower District Captains and pattol and investigative unit supervisors to take the lead in devising and implementing effective crime reduction sttategies and tactics in their areas of responsibility. CompStat evolved from crime strategy meetings beginning in 1994 in the NYPD under the leadership of Police Commissioner William Bratton. In a short time, the process developed into one of the most significant factors in that city's dramatic reduction in crime. Initially, CompStat meetings were conducted with virtually no technology. Crime was tracked by hand counts and plotted on flip chart maps with acetate overlays. The important ingredient were the people who were engaged in the process and the process itself, an intensive forum where crime patterns and conditions were closely examined and strategies and tactics were developed to counter them. CompStat brought supervisors from patrol, investigations, narcotics teams and other specialized units together with command staff to ensure a coordinated effort in our primary business of fighting crime. From that beginning, CompStat has been greatly enhanced and widely adopted. High- tech crime mapping is now commonplace, and progressive police departments throughout the country have implemented similar crime strategy meetings with positive results. I am very confident of the capabilities of all ranks in our Department and I believe that well- run CompStat meetings will help us to reduce crime, especially violent crime, in our city. The four principles of CompStat are: 1. Accurate and Timely Information 2. Effective Tactics 3. Rapid Deployment of Personnel and Resources 4. Relentless Follow-Up and Assessment Accurate and Timely Information: Effective crime fighting begins with officers and supervisors of all ranks knowing the details of crime: the where, when, how and The Bratton Group, LLC 32