“When… data is organized, processed and given a context, it [becomes] information. It is this information that is… critical in decision making.” Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance’s (BNIA) goal is “to strengthen Baltimore neighborhoods by providing meaningful, accurate, and open data at the community level.” One way BNIA brings this information […]
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The year is 1994, CompStat is introduced, in part, as an answer to “limited communication” and a “lack of up-to-date information” within the NYPD, which made a “thorough analysis of crime patterns practically impossible.” The program would go on to allow “timely crime statistics to push precinct commanders to greater […]