One of the blogs we follow everyday is The Chief's Corner from Chief Tom Casady at the Lincoln (NE) Police Department. Chief Casady is a really sharp individual with a keen interest in crime analysis, crime data, and community policing.
In a recent blog posting, he noted how crime in his community accounted for approximately 8.9% of Lincoln PD's overall workload. Does that seem unusual to you?
In reality, that percentage is right on target for many police agencies. Our numbers in Lakeland indicated UCR Part I Crime (homicide, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and vehicle theft) accounted for a little over 6% of our total workload last year.
You may wonder how that can be?
The vast array of calls for service we get on a daily basis only include reports of Part I crime a small portion of the time. Traffic crash calls, disturbances, various police services like checking on someone's welfare or false alarm calls, directed patrols, and traffic enforcement comprise a big part of our total workload. While it's true that preventing crime and investigating reported crime is our primary mission, there is so much more to what we do everyday.
- Asst Chief Bill LePere
Thanks Dave - and welcome to "the other" LPD blog. Hope you come visit us often and share your comments. Chief Casady does an outstanding job of connecting with the community through his blog in Lincoln, and we appreciate him mentioning us.
Posted by: LPD Asst Chief Bill LePere | July 22, 2009 at 07:27 AM