CompStat Archives

CompStat in a Midsize Agency: The CompStat Process in Columbia

When a series of armed robberies occurred in Columbia’s Five Points neighborhood, a popular destination for locals and visitors alike, the police knew it was vital to solve the crimes quickly and pu...

Technology

CompStat in a Smaller Agency: CompStat and Crime Prevention in Paradise Valley

Since adopting the CompStat process, the Paradise Valley Police Department gets good ideas about solving crime from staff at all levels....

Technology

CompStat: A Selected Bibliography

DeLorenzi, Daniel, Jon M. Shane, and Karen L. Amendola. “The CompStat Process: Managing Performance on the Pathway to Leadership.” The Police Chief 73 (September 2006): 34–40. The core managemen...

Leadership

The CompStat Process

CompStat is a "strategic control system" designed for the collection and feedback of information on crime and related quality of life issues.1 The CompStat process can be summarized in one simple stat...

Technology

CompStat Plus: In-depth Auditing, Mentorship, Close Collaboration

Since the creation of CompStat by Chief William J. Bratton and Jack Maple in 1994, when Bratton was commissioner of the New York Police Department, police and political leaders desiring to improve pol...

Leadership

Beyond CompStat: Accountability-Driven Leadership

Two years ago this month, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) adopted an accountability-driven leadership model that embraces many elements of CompStat: accurate and timely data, effective tactics, rapi...

Technology

CompStat in the Los Angeles Police Department

When former New York Police Commissioner William Bratton was sworn in as chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department in October 2002, he faced a wide variety of problems inside the departmen...

Technology

Implementing CompStat: Critical Points to Consider

CompStat represents a sea change in managing police operations, and perhaps the most radical change in recent history. CompStat is a change in attitude toward the capacity of the police to reduce crim...