Implementing Intelligence-Led Policing: An Application of Loose-Coupling Theory

Some interventions included initiatives to enhance positive police-community interactions or provide data-driven policing materials to citizens.

“These included initiatives to enhance positive policecommunity interactions or provide data-driven policing materials to citizens (e.g., Carter et al., 2014).”

In the Indianapolis harm spot policing experiment, application of hot spots policing in crime and social harm hot spots was translated into potential cost savings to society.

“For example, in the Indianapolis harm spot policing experiment, the application of hot spots policing in crime and social harm hot spots was translated into potential cost savings to society.”

It was calculated that per 10.4 minutes of officer proactive activity in social harm spots, the costs of social harm were reduced by $38.6, totaling $118,232 during the experimental period.

“It was calculated that per 10.4 minutes of officer proactive activity in social harm (hot) spots, the costs of social harm were reduced by $38.6, a total of $118,232 during the experimental period (Carter et al., 2014).”

Carter et al. (2014) discovered that citizens generally did not oppose the use of algorithms for decision-making processes by police agencies.

“Similar findings were acknowledged by Carter et al. (2014), who also discovered that citizens generally did not oppose the use of algorithms for decision-making processes by police agencies.”

Citizens expressed a preference for some human involvement when decisions were based on intelligence derived from fully automated (big data) algorithms.

“However, citizens expressed a preference for some human involvement when decisions were based on intelligence derived from fully automated (big data) algorithms.”