COMPSTAT and Organizational Change

Paper Summary:

COMPSTAT is a multifunctional auditing technology designed for American Police in terms of crime elimination and organizational management so as to ensure the public safety. The author of the paper examines COMPSTAT, the reasons for its inception and the factors contributing to its development. The writer then goes on to analyze the implementation of the COMSTAT model in the Lowell Police Department, how the model functioned and modifications made to fit the reality of the department. The author also attempts to evaluate the success of the project and the areas where problems were encountered.

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"In the Lowell Police Department, COMPSTAT was fully put into practice and this department was also given massive fame for its innovative nature under Davis' leadership. The other edge of this department was its small size among those departments that received an overwhelming publicity for implementing COMPSTAT. The flexible structure of Lowell Police Department also became its advantage because it had the capacity to meet the challenges and opportunities produced during the process of organizational change, unlike other small departments. The significant role of COMPSTAT claimed is to provide the police organizations with more efficient and rational potential in response to management's direction. The City of Lowell, Massachusetts, is situated at a distance of thirty miles northwest of Boston alongside the shores of the Merrimack and Concord Rivers (Willis et al., 2003, p. 1-2)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bratton, William J. (1999). "Great Expectations: How Higher Expectations for Police Departments Can Lead to a Decrease in Crime". In Measuring What Matters: Proceedings from the Policing Research Institute Meetings, ed. Robert H. Langworthy, 11-26. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.
• Bratton, William J. (1998). Turnaround: How America's Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic.New York: Random House.
• Gurwitt, Rob. (1998). The Comeback of the Cops. Governing (January): 14-19.
• Law Enforcement News. (1997). NYC's Compstat Continues to Win Admirers. October 13.
• Maas, Peter. (1998). What We're Learning from New York City. Parade, May 10.

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