Modelling policing strategies for departments with limited resources

• DOI: 10.1017/s0956792515000571
• Publication Date: 2015-11-06T11:45:28Z
• Authors: ALEJANDRO CAMACHO; HYE RIN LINDSAY LEE; LAURA M. SMITH
• Keywords: Patrolling; Crime Prevention; Visibility

Crime prevention is a major goal of law-enforcement agencies. Often, these agencies have limited resources and officers available for patrolling responding to calls. However, police visibility can influence individuals not perform criminal acts. Therefore, it necessary the optimize their strategies deter most crime. Previous studies created agent-based models simulate agents interacting in city, indicating “cops on dots” strategy as viable method mitigate large amounts Unfortunately, departments cannot allocate all seek out hotspots, particularly since they are immediately known. In cities, often keep few different areas frequently divided up into beats. Officers need respond calls, possibly nature. we modify policing account factors. Through testing various hotspot types number agents, found that methods performed best varied greatly according