Assignment
1: Predictive Policing

The following
resources may be helpful in completing this assignment:

Goode, E. (2011,
August 15). Sending the police before there’s a crime. Retrievablehere.

Pearsall, B. (2010,
May). Predictive policing: The future of law enforcement? National Institute
of Justice Journal, 266. Retrievablehere.

Predictive Policing
Symposium (2010). Retrievablehere.

Shurkin, J. N. (2011,
September 13). Santa Cruz cops experiment with ‘predictive policing’.
Retrievablehere.

Willis, J. J.,
Mastrofski, S. D., & Weisburd, D. (2003). Compstat in practice: An in-depth
analysis of three cities. Police Foundation. Retrievablehere.

In 1994, the New York
City Police Department adopted a law enforcement crime fighting strategy known
as COMPSTAT (COMPuter STATistics). COMPSTAT uses Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) to map the locations of where crimes occur, identify “ hotspots”, and map
problem areas. COMPSTAT has amassed a wealth of historical crime data.
Mathematicians have designed and developed algorithms that run against the
historical data to predict future crimes for police departments. This is known
as predictive policing. Predictive policing has led to a drop in burglaries,
automobile thefts, and other crimes in some cities.

Write a four to five
(4-5) page paper in which you:

1. 
   Compare and contrast
   the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’
   performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets.
2. 
   Describe how COMPSTAT,
   as an information system (IS), implements the four (4) basic IS functions:
   1. 
      Input
   2. 
      Processing
   3. 
      Output
   4. 
      Feedback
   5. 
      Determine how
      information systems have allowed police departments that implement tools such
      as COMPSTAT to respond to crime faster.
   6. 
      Apply the strengths,
      weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis (SWOT analysis) on behalf of
      police departments that intend to implement predictive policing.
   7. 
      Use at least three (3)
      quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar
      Websites do not qualify as quality resources. You may use the resources above
      or others of your choosing.

Your assignment must
follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed,
double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on
all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are
not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Explain how the
components of an information technology system interrelate in an organizational
context.

Use technology and
information resources to research issues in information systems and technology.

Write clearly and
concisely about topics related to information systems for decision making using
proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions