Note
Research outline presented at the Summit on the Economics of Policing and Community Safety held in Ottawa, 2-4 March, 2015.
Issued also in French under the title: Projet SPI-Max à Elmwood (ESP) – évaluation.
Authors affiliated with: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Police Service.
Summary
"Members of Winnipeg Police Service’s East District (ED), in collaboration with the City of Winnipeg and Manitoba Justice, and with help from other police units, engaged in an intensive crime suppression, proactive policing, and deterrence project in Winnipeg’s Elmwood area between April 16th and June 24th, 2014. The project area had been identified through crime analysis as having a high amount of crime and traffic incidents, as well as a high volume of calls-for-service. Through the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI), members of ED have made it their mission to provide a greater level of proactive police response. While the SPI program has been successful in reducing crime and traffic incidents, ED wanted to go even further in Elmwood with a sustained and targeted police presence – a strategy referred to as SPI-Max. The Elmwood project involved warrant sweeps; traffic license plate reader projects; compliance checks; drug projects; identification, arrest & eviction of drug house occupants; break & enter patrols; area bar sweeps; and community canvass and engagement."