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Proactive policing has long been recognized as a critical strategy for reducing crime and improving public safety. A 2020 study by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) found that data-driven, proactive policing strategies—such as directed patrols—can reduce violent crime by up to 30% in targeted areas. However, law enforcement agencies today face significant challenges that can hinder proactive policing, including staffing shortages, a high volume of calls for service, and growing expectations for transparency and accountability.
To address these challenges, agencies need a data-driven patrol operations solution that ensures officers are in the right place at the right time, for the right amount of time, to prevent crime, while maximizing existing resources and staffing. ResourceRouter optimizes proactive policing strategies by leveraging crime data, officer activity insights, and intelligent deployment planning, while also guiding officers to utilize community engagement strategies in the areas most impacted by crime. This modern approach enhances agency productivity, improves officer engagement, and strengthens community relations.
Moving from Reactive to Proactive Policing
Traditional policing models rely heavily on reactive responses—officers respond to calls for service as they come in and patrol their assigned area to look for other issues in between. While necessary, this approach often limits an agency’s ability to deter crime and build relationships within the community. Proactive policing focuses on crime prevention by strategically deploying officers based on historical and recent crime and risk terrain data.
ResourceRouter enables agencies to transition to a more proactive model by automating crime analysis and optimizing officer deployment. Instead of relying solely on crime analysts or other agency staff attempting to utilize an often-overwhelming volume of, and sometimes outdated, crime reports, agencies can use current data and insights to direct officers to locations where they can have the greatest impact.
Using ResourceRouter for Effective Crime Reduction Strategies
Agencies using ResourceRouter gain the ability to deploy officers with precision, focusing the right amount of attention in high-crime areas while maintaining flexibility to address evolving public safety concerns. The system supports proactive policing in several ways:
- Directed Patrols: By analyzing historic and recent crime data, ResourceRouter generates optimal directed patrol assignments, ensuring officers are deployed to high-risk areas at the right times, and for the right amount of time, for maximum deterrence.
- Ad-Hoc Deployments: The system allows supervisors to adjust patrol strategies dynamically, whether responding to emerging crime patterns or planning for daily tasks and major events.
- Officer Safety & Engagement: ResourceRouter consolidates information into a single interface, giving officers real-time access to key operational information such as gate access codes, business owner contact info, and areas of community concern while in the field. This ensures officers are prepared throughout their shifts with the information they need at their fingertips.
- Accountability & Transparency: Agencies gain visibility into patrol activity, ensuring that proactive policing strategies are implemented effectively. Insights from ResourceRouter help demonstrate to the public and leadership how resources are being allocated to improve safety, answering the question of how often officers patrol in my neighborhood.
By incorporating these proactive policing strategies, agencies can reduce crime and strain on resources, and establish a consistent, long-term approach to community engagement and crime prevention.
The Koper Curve Principle: Maximizing Officer Impact
One of the core strategies behind ResourceRouter is the Koper Curve principle, which states that officers spending 10-15 minutes in areas that are identified as being high-risk for crimes to occur, at random intervals, significantly reduces criminal activity. This approach ensures that a visible law enforcement presence disrupts criminal behavior without requiring constant police presence.
ResourceRouter automates the Koper Curve method by directing officers to manageable directed patrol areas and counting time spent in each location. This optimizes the deterrence effect and ensures officers are staying engaged and using their time efficiently. The result is a measurable reduction in crime without over-policing.
Addressing Property Crime with Data-Driven and Ad-Hoc Patrols
Property crimes, such as burglaries and motor vehicle thefts, while generally considered crimes of opportunity, often develop into patterns over time. However, time consuming manual analysis of these patterns can cause delays in utilizing data to help prevent further incidents. ResourceRouter addresses this by automatically pulling in location and crime data from police reports in an agency’s records management system (RMS), along with certain risk-terrain factors that can contribute to crime, to generate actionable directed patrol assignments, getting officers to the right areas to engage in activities that help deter future criminal activity and prevent crime patterns from forming.
In addition to these long-term crime problems, ResourceRouter allows users to easily generate their own ad-hoc deployment areas to direct officers to locations where crimes have just occurred. For example, if a neighborhood experiences a spike in convenience store robberies over the weekend, the agency can create an ad-hoc focus area for officer deployment to address the issue before it develops into a repeat crime pattern. This timely attention helps ensure that officers are giving the right amount of attention to the most needed areas to improve community safety.
Overcoming Staffing Challenges with Smarter Patrol Management
One of the most significant challenges facing law enforcement today is staffing shortages. Many agencies report not having enough officers to patrol effectively while also responding to calls for service. Hiring more officers is not always viable due to budget constraints and recruitment difficulties.
ResourceRouter acts as a force multiplier by ensuring that officers are deployed as efficiently as possible. By automating data-driven patrol assignments and having the flexibility to create their own “as needed” ad-hoc focus areas, agencies can increase their crime prevention efforts, which can aid in the reduction of calls for service over time. Additionally, officers can quickly access up-to-date operational and safety information in the field, allowing them to make informed decisions without wasting time searching through multiple sources.
Policing Strategies for the Future
ResourceRouter offers a robust, data and intelligence-driven solution for modern policing challenges, helping agencies combine proactive policing strategies with traditional reactive policing protocols. By leveraging crime insights and intelligent patrol planning using the Koper Curve principle, ResourceRouter ensures that officers are strategically deployed where they can make the most significant impact.
ResourceRouter maximizes existing resources, supports officer safety and effectiveness, and provides actionable data for field personnel and leadership. This helps reduce violent and property crimes and fosters stronger community engagement and trust by demonstrating visible, meaningful law enforcement efforts tailored to each neighborhood’s needs.
