High-Visibility Law Enforcement
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UTILIZING DATA DRIVEN ENFORCEMENT: A CASE FOR SUPPORT
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Law enforcement executives today face a myriad of issues as they solve complex problems, combat crime, provide safe streets, transportation corridors, and communities for their citizens. Upon being named Superintendent of the Ohio State Highway Patrol in 2019, and through the pandemic, my team and I struggled with many of the same issues, but in particular, the need to combat rising traffic fatalities, while struggling with the complexity of providing traffic safety and other support services to a multitude of partners throughout Ohio, with a dwindling workforce. One of the key tenants to our plan was to reinstitute the use of data to drive our operations; especially when focusing on specific traffic, crime, or problem behaviors. Furthermore, we made it our priority to use that data to assist our law enforcement partners in achieving their organizational strategies while providing opportunities to engage stakeholders through strategic partnerships and problem-solving techniques. The Patrol’s overarching plan was developed realizing that most citizens expect law enforcement agencies to address crime and traffic trends, which lead to loss of life, and erode public confidence where safety and security in their homes, neighborhoods, and places of business is concerned. Therefore, it was imperative that collaboration between our agency, partner agencies, community-based stakeholders, others with a vested interest, and the community was the cornerstone (of the plan). At the end of the day, the use of data, collaboration, and transparency, will only increase a law enforcement agency’s ability to enhance already existing relationships, provide opportunities to cultivate new ones, while improving the quality of life, increasing trust/legitimacy, and in some instances, saving lives.
Colonel Richard S. Fambro Ohio State Highway Patrol (Retired) Member, MADD Law Enforcement Committee
For more information on HVE, please review NTHSA’S High- Visibility Enforcement (HVE) Toolkit. This is a great resource for understanding and implementing HVE.
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