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Cooperation among police agencies leads to more crime solving

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

Cooperation among police agencies leads to more crime solving

Wednesday – 1/25/2012, 4:25am ET

WASHINGTON – Bad guys often commit crimes in one city or county and then flee to another.

To solve these crimes, local police departments talk to one another and share information, a process that appears to be improving in the region.

“Communication between Montgomery County and D.C. is the best I’ve seen it in all my years of working here,” says Takoma Park Police Chief Ronald Ricucci.

He also keeps in close touch with Prince George’s County Police, he says.

Ricucci has been in law enforcement for more than 40 years, including many years with the Montgomery County Police Department. He says officers from these different jurisdictions talk on the phone or through email.

“We’re talking off hours, all times of day,” he says.

The improved communication is paying off.

“We’re working better together. We’re making more arrests,” Ricucci says.

On Friday, for example, someone tried to steal a car in Takoma Park. A combined effort by two police departments helped recover the vehicle.

“D.C. spotted the car (and) took it to the line. P.G. spotted the car. We didn’t catch it, but all three were talking, and within an hour the car was recovered as a result of the communication,” Ricucci says.

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News Articles

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

The below are public safety, law enforcement and homeland security related news articles.

February 2012

Will Safety Issues Ground Police Use of Unmanned Drones?
Government Technology

“Unmanned aircraft can provide a number of tactical advantages for police, particularly in situations that require stealthy observation. But as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) works on proposed regulations for these vehicles, aviation experts believe safety issues still need to be addressed before widespread use takes off…”

Miami Police Might Want Unmanned Drone for Surveillance
Government Technology

“Soon, when residents of Miami-Dade County, Fla., look up in the sky, digital eyes might be looking back at them.

The Miami-Dade Police Department recent purchased unmanned flying drone called T-Hawk, according to a local TV station.”

How Social Media Could Improve Public Safety
Mashable Social Media

“When it comes to public safety, forward-thinking government agencies are beginning to look at social media as a support tool for improved situational awareness.

The very nature of social media’s open communication and crowdsourced information provides a powerful tool for public safety agencies.”

January 2012

Cooperation among police agencies leads to more crime solving
WTOP

“Bad guys often commit crimes in one city or county and then flee to another.

To solve these crimes, local police departments talk to one another and share information, a process that appears to be improving in the region.

‘Communication between Montgomery County and D.C. is the best I’ve seen it in all my years of working here,’ says Takoma Park Police Chief Ronald Ricucci…”

Collaborate or Perish!: Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World
Published Book - White Paper

This is a playbook for collaboration – the advantages, what we are already doing and what we need to do. Everyone is already connected and collaborating, Facebook for example. See what the 5 advantages are and how to accomplish collaboration among all of us!

Prince George’s police boost patrols to prevent repeat of homicide surge
The Gazette

“To keep this year’s homicide rate down, the Prince George’s County Police Department has begun 2012 with a surge: Every day this month, 150 additional officers are taking to the streets.

The county ended 2011 with 95 criminal homicides, five more than in 2010. Fifteen of the 2011 homicides occurred in January, an unusually violent month that police officials said was an anomaly…”

Police departments in central Prince George’s consider agreement to share resources
The Gazette

“Don’t be surprised to see a District Heights city police officer making an arrest in Capitol Heights and vice versa if enough municipal police departments sign an agreement to share their resources.

Hoping to fight crime in central Prince George’s through information-sharing, the town of Capitol Heights is looking for other municipal police departments to sign off on an agreement within the next month giving officers the authority to make arrests in neighboring jurisdictions, back up officers on service calls and spread themselves around on county enforcement missions…”

December 2011

As homicides fall in D.C., rise in Prince George’s, numbers meet in the middle
The Washington Post

“The District and Prince George’s County had nearly the same number of homicides in 2011, a major departure from a high 20 years ago, when the city saw 325 more slayings than the county.

It is a shift that reflects a double-digit drop in killings in the District from 2010 to 2011, with an especially noticeable downward trend in the most stubborn crime zones east of the Anacostia River. Just across the border, though, the homicide count in the neighboring communities in Prince George’s is surging, and the county as a whole saw a slight increase last year…”

October 2011

From Government 2.0 to Society 2.0: Pathways to Engagement, Collaboration and Transformation
Harvard University’s Belfer Center

A report from a June 10, 2011 meeting where 25 government and industry leaders meet to assess the move, share insight, and describe enablers and obstacles of moving to “Government 2.0″.

THE WASHINGTON POST

Posted on January 3, 2012 by admin

As homicides fall in D.C., rise in Prince George’s, numbers meet in the middle

By Allison Klein and Matt Zapotosky

The District and Prince George’s County had nearly the same number of homicides in 2011, a major departure from a high 20 years ago, when the city saw 325 more slayings than the county.

There were 97 slayings in Prince George’s in 2011, four more killings than in 2010. In the District, the year saw 109 homicides, down from 132 in 2010 and the lowest homicide total in the city since 1963.

“We share many of the same issues,” said D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier. “Quite a few of our victims come from Prince George’s County.”

The police department’s 7th District east of the Anacostia River — neighborhoods including Barry Farm and Congress Heights — saw its annual homicide count drop 55 percent, with 24 fewer killings in 2011. Neighborhoods across the border in Prince George’s 4th District — including Hillcrest Heights and Oxon Hill-Glassmanor — saw their count more than double, up by 21 slayings.

Law enforcement officials said the trend along Prince George’s border reflects problems that migrated with those who left the District for inside-the-Beltway county neighborhoods, including issues connected with poverty and long-simmering neighborhood disputes.

Some D.C. residents who still see frequent violence in their neighborhoods are weary, and say there’s not much to celebrate in the city’s declining homicide numbers.

“I’m slow to get to excited,” said the Rev. Donald Isaac, executive director of the East of the River Clergy, Police, Community Partnership. “As soon as you begin to celebrate, it can reverse so quickly.”

Prince George’s Police Chief Mark Magaw said crime has long run “back and forth” between the District and Prince George’s, and he has pushed this year for increased cooperation between the two police departments.

“It’s one big community now,” he said. “No longer do we have the luxury of saying, ‘We only have to worry up to Southern Avenue,’ ” one of the borders between the city and county.

Though killings in both the District and Prince George’s averaged about two per week during 2011, overall violent crime in the city fell by 10 percent and in the county by 12 percent.

But the city had a 6 percent jump in property crime, largely due to a growing problem with thieves grabbing smartphones, computer tablets and other electronic devices from people and cars. “Snatching electronics is the battle of the century,” Lanier said. “It’s the single biggest problem I have in term of numbers.”

Aiming for fewer than 100

Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) said that the decline in homicides in the District is encouraging and that the city should work to try to get to fewer than 100 slayings in 2012.

Staff writer Mike DeBonis contributed to this report.

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