Decreased crime and improved community satisfaction in Tempe, AZ

A recent article in East Valley Living highlighted decreased crime and improved community satisfaction in Tempe, AZ. Tempe’s crime rate decreased by 14.9% since 2009.  This is the fourth consecutive year of decreased crime in the city.

“There’s not something we can specifically pinpoint the decrease in crime to, but we have worked very hard to arm our officers with the criminal intelligence needed to spend their time in the right places to prevent crime,” said Sgt. Steven Carbajal.

Tempe Police Department has been a BAIR customer since early 2001 when analysts at Tempe began using BAIR’s keystone product, ATAC Workstation. ATAC Workstation makes it easier for analysts to identify patterns in crime data, predict where next events will occur, and allocate police resources accordingly.

This past year, Tempe Police Department joined BAIR’s free public crime map, www.raidsonline.com, which keeps their citizens informed about recent crime activity.  RAIDS Online helps law enforcement provide useful, up-to-date crime information and alerts to the public.  Tempe PD began uploading crime data to RAIDS Online as a means to keep their officers informed about recent crime activity.  Tempe’s crime analysis unit incorporates maps from RAIDS Online into weekly crime reports.  These reports include crime hotspot maps created with RAIDS Online, which are used by police executives to identify high-crime areas and deploy officers accordingly.

Residents of Tempe can access RAIDS Online and use the same mapping and analytic dashboard as the police department.  Residents were informed of the new public crime mapping service through a G.A.I.N. (Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhood) kick-off meeting in October 2010.  Feedback from residents has been extremely positive.

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Article posted in BAIR Pressroom.