Compstat emerged in the mid-90s as a nifty computerized tool designed to track the most serious crimes in New York City. Initial Compstat meetings found New York's finest analyzing statistics from the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The president of an NYPD union is calling for dramatic changes at the nation's largest police department and says other recent decisions have led to an "inevitable" spike in crime.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — There are calls for CompStat, a ...

On Jan. 23, New York City announced a $75 million payout to settle a class-action lawsuit against the New York Police Department. The complainants successfully argued that the NYPD issued more than ...

The crime analysis and accountability system known as Compstat, developed by the New York Police Department in 1994, is the most revolutionary public-sector achievement of the last quarter-century.

With less than two weeks to go, the city is likely to end 2017 year with the fewest number of murders in any year since at least the 1950s. NYPD officials say a major reason is an approach to policing ...

The controversy swirling around the NYPD‘s Compstat accountability system and its crime statistics has prompted Commissioner Raymond Kelly to name a panel of respected former prosecutors to examine ...

For sheer impact boosting public safety, New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton may never top his own Compstat crime-tracking system, launched 22 years ago. But he’s sure as hell trying. The ...

Three of Connecticut’s biggest cities have reported seeing a drop in most crime in 2025 — a trend officials have attributed to intervention programs and the use of technology in policing to quickly ...

Since its inception in New York City in 1994, CompStat — short for comparative or computer statistics — has gained considerable recognition for its role in knowledge-based law enforcement. Used by ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) --New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has dedicated the room where police brass are grilled over rising crime to the architect of the department's crime tracking ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Anastasio (front center) at CompStat. Credit: Paul Bass Photo A strung-out-looking face appeared ...