I like the video it was interesting very informative. Research show that Over the past two decades, a series of rigorous evaluations have suggested that police can be effective in addressing crime and disorder when they focus in on small units of geography with high rates of crime. These areas are typically referred to as hot spots and policing strategies and tactics focused on these areas are usually referred to as hot spots policing or place-based policing. Some areas have higher crime rates, and even within troubled neighborhoods, specific locations often stand out. Police have spent decades trying to perfect techniques for distributing resources efficiently to cope with these hot spots. Increased patrols can produce significant reduction in crime in specific areas, but does criminal activity simply move elsewhere? Sometimes it works something it depends on police strategies and different department has different strategies. And most of time police strategic works and reduce crime. Mostwanted012
I agree with you it is very interesting and informative. And with the police focusing on little units than we should be able to start reducing crime as time goes on. And yes the increase of patrols can reduce in certain areas all over the U.S.. This could end up making a big change on the world in the future for future police. 88Mike012
Mostwanted012, I agree with you! I too believe that with Hot Spot policing that crime rates can see a significant reduction in these areas that are being targeted all while keeping crime rates low in areas that are predominately low in crime. This can be the change that everyone has been looking for as said by 88Mike012. This will be interesting to read about maybe 10 years from now, seeing how far it has come. SamDavid012
I completely agree with all of you. This video was had a lot of interesting information about hot spots that I did not know about. Hot Spots are all over the United States and all over the world. I also believe that Hot Spot policing, you can see crime rates reduce because the police are more interested in these spots rather than spots that do not have a bunch of crimes. FBI-012
I agree with you on this video it is certainly informative. One thing I wasn't really didn't think of was doing studies and asking certain people what they feel bring more violence, or getting opinions from the public to see whether they feel you are making a positive change for the community or if there is something the police dept may be missing that could possibly be changed for the better. General-o12
This video does seems interesting to me cause he does explain a good way for police to find out stuff. Like when he said "how about instead of question everyone in the area on twenty block radius that might not have been there how about we just hit the hot spots". I thought that it was a good idea to do cause not everyone would have been there and would have seen it if something was to go down. Like a shooting or a robbery or etc.. He is right when he says that some people do start to age out of crime when they begin to get a certain age like for example at the age of thirty or older.If we wait til they get to that age it would be to late and no reason to get them. And i did not know that you could figure out the crime by the location then by the person that did it. I really didn't know that you had to focus more on the offenders to find out what happened then on the location. which could make it difficult because you could loose a person unlike a place you cant loose that at all. So i believe if they are doing it this way is more effective than what they used to do.88Mike012
I can see where you're coming from but I do not feel like the video was intriguing enough. but I do agree with you the way they touch on offenders and their focus. Aphi-012
The video was about community policing and how it was affected by hot spots. A hot spot is when similar crimes happen in one location over a period of time. I think that the video brought up some good points about policing hot spots. For example it is easier to police a small area rather than police all the offenders in the area. Police are better able to predict the hot spot locations than the locations of the offenders. The man in the video said that the five studies that were done on hot spot found them to be effective. The studies also found that the communities thought the hot spots were effective and the community was happy. Hot spots help cops become more effective in what areas they police and how many patrols they have in one area. Hot spots are a good resource for police because they help police effectively patrol communities and not waste time and money on areas that have a low crime rate. Canine012
Is it though? I wonder how they are able to better predict crime in these hot spots. Part of the Don't Shoot campaign is that officer now live in the hot spots of Peoria, mainly the south end of town. So, what's happening now? The first year of the Don't Shoot campaign, Peoria got excited, because we saw such a drop on crime! Yay! But, now? Crime has shifted. Already this year Peoria has seen 2 MURDERS? And both of the victims were under 18. Since when is it the norm to see crimes pike these happen in winter? These are summer crimes, and I'm wondering if this "hot spot" patrolling hasn't shifted the norm? Since the norm has shifted, then how can it become predictable? Gogetit012
This video is very interesting, Hot Spot policing is one of the few methods of policing that is very evidenced based, yet many departments and communities are afraid to try it out of fear that by doing so, it will decrease the crime rates in one neighborhood while allowing crime in other neighborhoods to increase. I think people in the Peoria County area should be familiar with this as it relates directly to the tactics used in the Don't Shoot program. Peoria PD is currently using a very helpful tool know as ShotSpotter in hot spot areas that allows officers to respond quickly to areas that experience gun violence regularly. ShotSpotter has proved very interesting to the department and has been more effective that many thought it would be. I agree with Dr. Weisburd that intensified police patrols in high-crime hot spots can substantially decrease crime without causing it to rise in other areas. I also think it's awesome that Weisburd mentioned that the National Academy of Sciences concluded that this is the best evidence we have that police can be effective. SamDavid012
I think you made a good point about how some communities are afraid to try hot spots because they believe that if they focus their patrols in one area crime will rise in another area. In order to spot this from happening the police need to reevaluate the crime rates in different area and then redistribute the patrols in the new hot spots. Canine012
This video was very interesting. Hot spots are spots where more crimes happen. At least that's my definition. Hot spots are all over the United States, and all over the world. In Peoria, the Hot Spots are more in the south end, and some in the middle. Most of the crimes are Theft, or Vandalism. Police have been trying to figure out how and what is the best way to deal with these hot spots. I believe that the hot spots have gotten smaller in our communities. Which is a good thing. If the hot spots keep getting smaller, then the police know that they are doing their job, or the people who are committing the crimes think that they will get caught because the police will know exactly what happened. FBI-012
This video did not keep my interest at all. I personally find interest in a more active approach. referring to his statement about community policing in 1985 I do not think a group of educated policemen would be able to find out where crime is located besides by going inside and using actual residents of that community. most crime in the hood per say is in the same areas and to be honest and they community members could tell you the main criminals. when it comes to community policing it is clear that the relationship between the community and the policemen is dead. no one feels safe they all feel threatened by the officers and have no intent on helping them with surrounding area criminals and please do not think I am discussing issues off topic because the people I'm discussing are people in these hotspots. but referring to the video I do not think they touched on the information I was expecting. Aphi-012
I agree with a lot your statements the video was nothing I was expecting. The interview did not touch base with anything that should have been said. There is a lot more information that can and should be given about Hot Spots. And that is a good point they either feel threatened by officers or like I said they don't want to be in the category as a "snitch" unfortunately that is how today's society works. LAWS012
The video was okay but it was not interesting to me one bit. Hot spots we all know are where similar crimes happen in or around the same location. I believe that it is good to focus on Hot spots due to that being where majority of crime takes place. Another thing, if similar crimes are happening in or around same locations and the people committing these crimes are not being caught or convicted then I believe they will continue doing the same crimes. Why not keep surveillance on those locations? People that live in community's where crime is high there is no doubt that they already know that police are always going to be around those areas. I don't think they should be offended, the police want to keep the criminals off the streets and the community a safer place. If there are witnesses then yeah question them get as much information as possible it doesn't hurt but some people stay to themselves and either know nothing or they don't want anything to do with being a "snitch" which is a really popular term nowadays, and due to that criminals are getting away with many horrendous crimes. LAWS012
I agree with you that we all know what hot spots are and that its good to focus on them. I also agree with what you said Why not keep surveillance on the locations with the most crime being done. It would make sense of having cameras there, it could help them catch who committed the crime. Hunter-012
Oh I completely agree! If we continue doing the same stuff then we get nowhere! Criminals just become sneakier and sneakier as the days pass. Although we can't just put bugs and wire taps up just anywhere without a warrant. I think that if cops did not seem so brutal, especially towards witnesses and victims, then they might just come forward and feel good for helping. It all depends on the relationship between the cops and everyone else. -army27D-012
While I think that, in general, hot spot patrolling sounds like a great idea...on paper. It makes sense, place more officers in higher crime areas and one of two things is going to happen. Either A: crimes are going to lower because of a higher police presence. Or B: crime is going to shift to a different area of town where police presence isn't as high. Isn't that kind of what we're seeing in Peoria? The Don't Shoot campaign has placed police officers in high crime areas throughout the south end of Peoria (nothing against the south end, but crime is higher there), and yes, statistically speaking, crime in the south end has lowered. But, crime in Peoria hasn't lowered. Not even a month ago, a young boy was shot and killed in the East Bluif of Peoria, the opposite side of town from where the greatest police force is located. It is my conclusion that crime is going to continue happening. Instead of focusing on higher crime areas, focus on all the areas. Maybe then, crime can lower enough to knock Peoria out of the top 10 crime cities in the state (by the way, Peoria is 3rd on the list). Gogetit012
This video was ok but wasn't very interesting, Since all they did was sit down and just talk. They should of had something on the video to keep your attention and make it more view able. Anyways, the guy talked about an evaluation they did and said that it didnt turn out very good. It doesnt make sense to assign a guy or girl to a beat that is 20 blocks in radius. They cant cover all of that within a decent time range. They mentioned how they only covered like 3 to 5 blocks anyways. They should at least assign multiple guys to a beat. It does make sense to keep officers near hot spots where the crime is more likely to happen. With them being a lot closer they will be able to respond faster if something happens. With them just being there at the hot spots, they might be able to cut down crime with just their presence. Hunter-012
I thought the video was very informative about how hot spots help the police in communities. Hot spots are when crime multiples in a location. I think that having hot spots is a good thing because in the video the studies that are or have happened are very effective. Hot spots allow the police to become familiar and close to the citizens in that community. When crime begins to lower in that town, then obviously the police are doing their job, but what if another town begins to increase in crime? Why can't the police just continue to prevent crime and move to the next? Eventually, what will be left? no crime? low crime? There are still plenty of challenges and questions that still need to be answered about hot spots as he stated at the end of the video. CSI012
I did think that this video was informative from what I could pay attention to. It just did not catch my attention, but the policing method of "Hot Spot" areas is a good one to use. If we put a majority of our forces to the areas where crime rates are high, the deterrence of the police being present will have an effect on the crime rates going down for the most part. The current spots that are being policed and their rates are low could afford to have a few officers move on to a different spot where there are higher crime rates. My opinion on the policing methods is that if we make a better and stronger relationship between our police and the community then the rates will ultimately go down, but that is a long shot. Maybe get together with local businesses and have some kind of events that go on in the community. We don't need to have a brutal police force when we could build a strong relationship by doing things everyone likes doing. If we start small, then I believe that the crime rates can go down especially in those places with high crime. -army27D-012
Community Policing was first designed in New York City. Many of them were assigned a beat, which was a vary large area for walking. Usually would range up to 20 blocks. Crime is known to usually happen in just a few areas in small areas. As the video goes into detail it’s easier for law enforcement agencies to target locations rather than just specific offenders. Many times law enforcement agencies want so many offenders it makes it easier for them to target a specific location and watch for the offenders to come rather than following just one offender. As the video says we need to make sure we are making sure we are thinking of the public in the community too. This was a great video as to what we should be doing to help get this more under control and to also understand the trends of how repeat offenders happen.General-012
I like the video it was interesting very informative. Research show that Over the past two decades, a series of rigorous evaluations have suggested that police can be effective in addressing crime and disorder when they focus in on small units of geography with high rates of crime. These areas are typically referred to as hot spots and policing strategies and tactics focused on these areas are usually referred to as hot spots policing or place-based policing. Some areas have higher crime rates, and even within troubled neighborhoods, specific locations often stand out. Police have spent decades trying to perfect techniques for distributing resources efficiently to cope with these hot spots. Increased patrols can produce significant reduction in crime in specific areas, but does criminal activity simply move elsewhere? Sometimes it works something it depends on police strategies and different department has different strategies. And most of time police strategic works and reduce crime. Mostwanted012
ReplyDeleteI agree with you it is very interesting and informative. And with the police focusing on little units than we should be able to start reducing crime as time goes on. And yes the increase of patrols can reduce in certain areas all over the U.S.. This could end up making a big change on the world in the future for future police. 88Mike012
DeleteMostwanted012, I agree with you! I too believe that with Hot Spot policing that crime rates can see a significant reduction in these areas that are being targeted all while keeping crime rates low in areas that are predominately low in crime. This can be the change that everyone has been looking for as said by 88Mike012. This will be interesting to read about maybe 10 years from now, seeing how far it has come. SamDavid012
DeleteI completely agree with all of you. This video was had a lot of interesting information about hot spots that I did not know about. Hot Spots are all over the United States and all over the world. I also believe that Hot Spot policing, you can see crime rates reduce because the police are more interested in these spots rather than spots that do not have a bunch of crimes. FBI-012
DeleteI agree with you on this video it is certainly informative. One thing I wasn't really didn't think of was doing studies and asking certain people what they feel bring more violence, or getting opinions from the public to see whether they feel you are making a positive change for the community or if there is something the police dept may be missing that could possibly be changed for the better. General-o12
DeleteThis video does seems interesting to me cause he does explain a good way for police to find out stuff. Like when he said "how about instead of question everyone in the area on twenty block radius that might not have been there how about we just hit the hot spots". I thought that it was a good idea to do cause not everyone would have been there and would have seen it if something was to go down. Like a shooting or a robbery or etc.. He is right when he says that some people do start to age out of crime when they begin to get a certain age like for example at the age of thirty or older.If we wait til they get to that age it would be to late and no reason to get them. And i did not know that you could figure out the crime by the location then by the person that did it. I really didn't know that you had to focus more on the offenders to find out what happened then on the location. which could make it difficult because you could loose a person unlike a place you cant loose that at all. So i believe if they are doing it this way is more effective than what they used to do.88Mike012
ReplyDeleteI can see where you're coming from but I do not feel like the video was intriguing enough. but I do agree with you the way they touch on offenders and their focus. Aphi-012
DeleteThe video was about community policing and how it was affected by hot spots. A hot spot is when similar crimes happen in one location over a period of time. I think that the video brought up some good points about policing hot spots. For example it is easier to police a small area rather than police all the offenders in the area. Police are better able to predict the hot spot locations than the locations of the offenders. The man in the video said that the five studies that were done on hot spot found them to be effective. The studies also found that the communities thought the hot spots were effective and the community was happy. Hot spots help cops become more effective in what areas they police and how many patrols they have in one area. Hot spots are a good resource for police because they help police effectively patrol communities and not waste time and money on areas that have a low crime rate.
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Is it though? I wonder how they are able to better predict crime in these hot spots. Part of the Don't Shoot campaign is that officer now live in the hot spots of Peoria, mainly the south end of town. So, what's happening now? The first year of the Don't Shoot campaign, Peoria got excited, because we saw such a drop on crime! Yay! But, now? Crime has shifted. Already this year Peoria has seen 2 MURDERS? And both of the victims were under 18. Since when is it the norm to see crimes pike these happen in winter? These are summer crimes, and I'm wondering if this "hot spot" patrolling hasn't shifted the norm? Since the norm has shifted, then how can it become predictable?
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This video is very interesting, Hot Spot policing is one of the few methods of policing that is very evidenced based, yet many departments and communities are afraid to try it out of fear that by doing so, it will decrease the crime rates in one neighborhood while allowing crime in other neighborhoods to increase. I think people in the Peoria County area should be familiar with this as it relates directly to the tactics used in the Don't Shoot program. Peoria PD is currently using a very helpful tool know as ShotSpotter in hot spot areas that allows officers to respond quickly to areas that experience gun violence regularly. ShotSpotter has proved very interesting to the department and has been more effective that many thought it would be. I agree with Dr. Weisburd that intensified police patrols in high-crime hot spots can substantially decrease crime without causing it to rise in other areas. I also think it's awesome that Weisburd mentioned that the National Academy of Sciences concluded that this is the best evidence we have that police can be effective. SamDavid012
ReplyDeleteI think you made a good point about how some communities are afraid to try hot spots because they believe that if they focus their patrols in one area crime will rise in another area. In order to spot this from happening the police need to reevaluate the crime rates in different area and then redistribute the patrols in the new hot spots.
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This video was very interesting. Hot spots are spots where more crimes happen. At least that's my definition. Hot spots are all over the United States, and all over the world. In Peoria, the Hot Spots are more in the south end, and some in the middle. Most of the crimes are Theft, or Vandalism. Police have been trying to figure out how and what is the best way to deal with these hot spots. I believe that the hot spots have gotten smaller in our communities. Which is a good thing. If the hot spots keep getting smaller, then the police know that they are doing their job, or the people who are committing the crimes think that they will get caught because the police will know exactly what happened. FBI-012
ReplyDeleteThis video did not keep my interest at all. I personally find interest in a more active approach. referring to his statement about community policing in 1985 I do not think a group of educated policemen would be able to find out where crime is located besides by going inside and using actual residents of that community. most crime in the hood per say is in the same areas and to be honest and they community members could tell you the main criminals. when it comes to community policing it is clear that the relationship between the community and the policemen is dead. no one feels safe they all feel threatened by the officers and have no intent on helping them with surrounding area criminals and please do not think I am discussing issues off topic because the people I'm discussing are people in these hotspots. but referring to the video I do not think they touched on the information I was expecting. Aphi-012
ReplyDeleteI agree with a lot your statements the video was nothing I was expecting. The interview did not touch base with anything that should have been said. There is a lot more information that can and should be given about Hot Spots. And that is a good point they either feel threatened by officers or like I said they don't want to be in the category as a "snitch" unfortunately that is how today's society works. LAWS012
DeleteThe video was okay but it was not interesting to me one bit. Hot spots we all know are where similar crimes happen in or around the same location. I believe that it is good to focus on Hot spots due to that being where majority of crime takes place. Another thing, if similar crimes are happening in or around same locations and the people committing these crimes are not being caught or convicted then I believe they will continue doing the same crimes. Why not keep surveillance on those locations? People that live in community's where crime is high there is no doubt that they already know that police are always going to be around those areas. I don't think they should be offended, the police want to keep the criminals off the streets and the community a safer place. If there are witnesses then yeah question them get as much information as possible it doesn't hurt but some people stay to themselves and either know nothing or they don't want anything to do with being a "snitch" which is a really popular term nowadays, and due to that criminals are getting away with many horrendous crimes. LAWS012
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that we all know what hot spots are and that its good to focus on them. I also agree with what you said Why not keep surveillance on the locations with the most crime being done. It would make sense of having cameras there, it could help them catch who committed the crime. Hunter-012
DeleteOh I completely agree! If we continue doing the same stuff then we get nowhere! Criminals just become sneakier and sneakier as the days pass. Although we can't just put bugs and wire taps up just anywhere without a warrant. I think that if cops did not seem so brutal, especially towards witnesses and victims, then they might just come forward and feel good for helping. It all depends on the relationship between the cops and everyone else. -army27D-012
DeleteWhile I think that, in general, hot spot patrolling sounds like a great idea...on paper. It makes sense, place more officers in higher crime areas and one of two things is going to happen. Either A: crimes are going to lower because of a higher police presence. Or B: crime is going to shift to a different area of town where police presence isn't as high. Isn't that kind of what we're seeing in Peoria? The Don't Shoot campaign has placed police officers in high crime areas throughout the south end of Peoria (nothing against the south end, but crime is higher there), and yes, statistically speaking, crime in the south end has lowered. But, crime in Peoria hasn't lowered. Not even a month ago, a young boy was shot and killed in the East Bluif of Peoria, the opposite side of town from where the greatest police force is located. It is my conclusion that crime is going to continue happening. Instead of focusing on higher crime areas, focus on all the areas. Maybe then, crime can lower enough to knock Peoria out of the top 10 crime cities in the state (by the way, Peoria is 3rd on the list). Gogetit012
ReplyDeleteThis video was ok but wasn't very interesting, Since all they did was sit down and just talk. They should of had something on the video to keep your attention and make it more view able. Anyways, the guy talked about an evaluation they did and said that it didnt turn out very good. It doesnt make sense to assign a guy or girl to a beat that is 20 blocks in radius. They cant cover all of that within a decent time range. They mentioned how they only covered like 3 to 5 blocks anyways. They should at least assign multiple guys to a beat. It does make sense to keep officers near hot spots where the crime is more likely to happen. With them being a lot closer they will be able to respond faster if something happens. With them just being there at the hot spots, they might be able to cut down crime with just their presence. Hunter-012
ReplyDeleteI thought the video was very informative about how hot spots help the police in communities. Hot spots are when crime multiples in a location. I think that having hot spots is a good thing because in the video the studies that are or have happened are very effective. Hot spots allow the police to become familiar and close to the citizens in that community. When crime begins to lower in that town, then obviously the police are doing their job, but what if another town begins to increase in crime? Why can't the police just continue to prevent crime and move to the next? Eventually, what will be left? no crime? low crime? There are still plenty of challenges and questions that still need to be answered about hot spots as he stated at the end of the video. CSI012
ReplyDeleteI did think that this video was informative from what I could pay attention to. It just did not catch my attention, but the policing method of "Hot Spot" areas is a good one to use. If we put a majority of our forces to the areas where crime rates are high, the deterrence of the police being present will have an effect on the crime rates going down for the most part. The current spots that are being policed and their rates are low could afford to have a few officers move on to a different spot where there are higher crime rates. My opinion on the policing methods is that if we make a better and stronger relationship between our police and the community then the rates will ultimately go down, but that is a long shot. Maybe get together with local businesses and have some kind of events that go on in the community. We don't need to have a brutal police force when we could build a strong relationship by doing things everyone likes doing. If we start small, then I believe that the crime rates can go down especially in those places with high crime. -army27D-012
ReplyDeleteCommunity Policing was first designed in New York City. Many of them were assigned a beat, which was a vary large area for walking. Usually would range up to 20 blocks. Crime is known to usually happen in just a few areas in small areas. As the video goes into detail it’s easier for law enforcement agencies to target locations rather than just specific offenders. Many times law enforcement agencies want so many offenders it makes it easier for them to target a specific location and watch for the offenders to come rather than following just one offender. As the video says we need to make sure we are making sure we are thinking of the public in the community too. This was a great video as to what we should be doing to help get this more under control and to also understand the trends of how repeat offenders happen.General-012
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