NEW YORK (WABC) -- The president of an NYPD union is calling for dramatic changes at the nation's largest police department and says other recent decisions have led to an "inevitable" spike in crime.

NEW YORK — There are calls for CompStat, a publicly available listing of crime data for seven different types of major crimes and six other crime categories, to be eliminated altogether because it has ...

After a series of stabbings on Muni lines around the Mission District, including an attack on an 11-year-old boy, Compstat went to work. Chief George Gascon brought the police department's newly ...

Most everyone in Wilmington has heard of CompStat, the performance management system that is credited, at least partially, for the drop in violent crimes in the city in 2018. Few seem to know what it ...

For sheer impact boosting public safety, New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton may never top his own Compstat crime-tracking system, launched 22 years ago. But he’s sure as hell trying. The ...

Since its inception in New York City in 1994, CompStat — short for comparative or computer statistics — has gained considerable recognition for its role in knowledge-based law enforcement. Used by ...

The real reason the NYPD named its legendary crime fighting computer tool CompStat was because it was snowing like crazy in the city the night of Feb. 11, 1994. As the storm intensified, Sgt. Eugene ...

When it comes to holding principals accountable in his effort to turn around struggling city schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to take a page out of the police playbook. The Department of Education ...

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Last month marked the safest March since New York City began computerized crime-tracking — even though there was a 20-plus percent surge in shooting incidents, the NYPD said Tuesday. Major crimes ...

In New Haven’s quest to reach kids before they shoot each other, the adults plan to start sharing notes. The Harp administration announced that plan Thursday afternoon at a City Hall press conference.

A New York City police union wants the NYPD to put an end to Compstat —the statistics-based crime tracking model that has been a backbone of the police department’s strategic planning since 1994. In a ...