2. • CPD COMPSTAT / Predictive Policing:
– “Computerized Comparison Statistics”
– Based upon five essential principles:
• Timely and accurate intelligence.
• Effective tactics.
• Rapid and effective deployment.
• Relentless follow-up and assessment.
• Commanders and officers held accountable for
crime.

3. • CPD COMPSTAT / Predictive Policing:
– Closely aligning resources of, and communication
between, the Patrol Division, Criminal Investigations
Division, and Crime Analysis Unit.
– Crime mapping information distributed to field
commanders and officers on daily, weekly, and monthly
basis.
– Emphasizes neighborhood partnerships.
– Neighborhood policing.
• Park, Walk, and Talk
• Tip411

4. • CPD COMPSTAT / Predictive Policing:
– Quality of life policing/concerns:
• Based upon Kelling’s “Broken Windows” theory.
• Petty types of crime fosters more serious crime.
• Loitering
• Panhandling
• Public drinking
• Fear of crime is a substantial citizen concern, even
where crime rates are low.

5. • CPD COMPSTAT / Predictive Policing:
– Initial focus on four specific crimes:
• Burglary
• Robbery
• Prostitution
• Narcotics
– CPD approach to crime based upon the three “E’s:”
• Evaluate
• Educate
• Enforce
– Redistribution of tactical resources:
• Anti-Crime Teams
• Community Liaison Officers
Process is fueled by COMPSTAT - Crime Analysis Unit

6. CORE VALUES
Best city to live, to work,
to visit, and to do business in
• Burglaries
• Robberies
• Drugs
• Prostitution

7. CORE VALUES RESOURCES
Best city to live, to work, CAU, Citizens, DEA,
FBI, FDLE, ICE, ATF,
to visit, and to do business in
NGOs, other Law
• Burglaries Enforcement Agencies,
• Robberies and City Resources
• Drugs (Code Enforcement, IT, etc.)
• Prostitution

8. CORE VALUES RESOURCES
Best city to live, to work, CAU, Citizens, DEA,
FBI, FDLE, ICE, ATF,
to visit, and to do business in
NGOs, other Law
• Burglaries Enforcement Agencies,
• Robberies and City Resources
• Drugs (Code Enforcement, IT, etc.)
• Prostitution
OPERATIONAL CAPACITY
Patrol, CID, and the
Communications Center

9. • Departmental Focus on Crime:
– In 2009, the Department’s Robbery Unit was
created to address the steady increase in robbery
cases.

10. • Department focus on robberies resulted in
substantial increases in arrests.
 85% increase in total number of subjects arrested.
 91% increase in total number of criminal charges made.

11. Beach Blanket Thefts
(Spring Break - March 6th through April 18th)
20
18
16 In 2010, District One
14 Officers - including
Patrol, Traffic Team
12 Officers, and Beach Walk
10 Community Policing
8 Team Officers - focused
their deployments to
6 reduce the incidents of
4 Beach Blanket Thefts
2
occurring during Spring
Break.
0
2008 2009 2010

12. Crime Analysis in Action
Highlighted Cases

13. • Successes (Home Invasion Robbery):
– Detectives recovered the stun gun
and a .357 firearm; the suspect
vehicle was seized.
Some of the Victim’s
Recovered Money

14. • Successes (Vehicle Burglaries):
– During January 2010, 19 vehicle burglaries occurred in the
area of Sunset Point Road and North Keene Road.
– The majority of the vehicles were unlocked and items of
opportunity were targeted.
Map of :
Incidents
/
Suspect’s Residence
/
Suspect Arrests

15. • Successes (Vehicle Burglaries):
– The Crime Analysis Unit (CAU) identified the similarity in
pattern and distributed bulletins, containing maps and
other information, to both Patrol and CID.
– Officers arrested Danielle Ponzio as she was committing
one of the burglaries and it was revealed she was
communicating with William Kitchin via a portable two
way radio. At the time, Kitchin eluded police.
– Ponzio was later released
from jail and the burglaries
continued.

16. • Successes (Occupied Burglary):
– The Criminal Investigations Division, working with the
Patrol Division and acting upon a multitude of information
provided by the CAU, quickly contacted potential suspects.
– Five days later, the suspect,
John Pellegrino, was located
and arrested.

17. • Successes (Criminal Mischief):
– Between mid-February 2010 and early March 2010,
15 incidents of graffiti occurred.
– The CAU connected
the incidents and
immediately provided
analysis and maps of the
incidents to CID and Patrol.

18. • Successes (Criminal Mischief):
– A School Resource Officer (SRO) recognized an incident of
tagger graffiti at his school as being similar to the
information distributed by CAU.
Examples of the
Tagger Graffiti
involved
– Working in conjunction with CID, the SRO and detectives
quickly located and arrested two juveniles responsible for
14 of the incidents.

19. • Successes (Narcotics Arrest):
– In March 2010, Vice Detectives
working in coordination
with DEA, stopped an
offender’s vehicle.
– Clearwater Narcotics K-9
alerted to the vehicle.
– Search of the vehicle
yielded $215,000
concealed in the
vehicle’s dashboard.

20. • Successes (Residential Burglary):
– Though the vehicle was unoccupied, officers located
information relating to where the vehicle owner might be
the following day.
– Acting on the information provided by patrol officers,
detectives conducted a surveillance and ultimately made
contact with the vehicle owner.
– Patrol and CID interviews, as well as other evidence,
implicated the owner’s boyfriend, Joshua Hennis.
– Hennis was located and arrested two days later
and is currently in jail awaiting trial.

21. • Successes (Narcotics Arrest):
– In April 2010, Patrol Officers forwarded a tip to Vice
Detectives relating to a known narcotics offender.
– Vice Detectives launched a cooperative investigation with
Probation / Parole Officers.
– The joint investigation led to the arrest of three
individuals.

22. • Successes (Narcotics Arrest):
– Vice Detectives seized Oxycodone, cocaine, marijuana,
and a .38 revolver.

23. • Successes (Narcotics Arrest):
– In May 2010, Patrol Officers conducted a Park, Walk, and
Talk in a residential area to obtain additional intelligence
pertaining to drug activity.
– With the assistance of concerned citizens, the
investigation pointed to narcotics activity at a specific
residence
– Officers responded to the residence
and the investigation led to the
arrest of two individuals.

24. • Successes (Narcotics Arrest):
– Officers seized 419 grams
of marijuana.

25. • CPD COMPSTAT Mapping:
– Developed by City IT Department in conjunction with
Major Teunis.
– Allows employees to search reported incidents, within
a given period, which are mapped based upon district,
zone, or geographic area.
• ACISS report data (RMS)
• Tri-Tech data (CAD)
– Full version available on desktop for supervisors and
detectives.
– “Lite” version available to officers within their vehicles
via laptop computer.

26. • CPD Mapping Program Log-On:

27. • Basic Search for Burglaries in District Two:

28. • Basic Search for Burglaries in District Two:
Officers can scroll over individual icons to obtain additional data.

29. • Example Of Individual Zone Search For All Crime:

30. • CPD’s renewed focus on robberies resulted in a 13% decrease in robberies.
• Overall, the department realized a 2.5% decrease in UCR Part One offenses.
• Increased utilization of COMPSTAT and Predictive Policing principles, including
Neighborhood Policing, will continue to increase CPD’s ability to address crime
and citizen fear of crime.
All UCR Part One Percent Change
Robbery
Crimes 330 0
8400 320 -2
8350 310
8300 300 -4
8250 290
8200 280 -6
8150
8100 270 -8
8050 260
8000 250 -10
2008 2009 2008 2009 (n- -12
(n=8342) (n=8128) (n=318) 275) -14