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Police Response Times to Emergency Calls Have Dropped in Every District This Year

by Ben Horwitz

November 11, 2016

Categories: Transparency

Topics: Modernizing Policing

Police Response Times to Emergency Calls Have Dropped in Every District This Year

The amount of time it takes an NOPD officer to respond to an emergency call for service has dropped in every police district in the city over the past year, according to NOPD response time data. 

WATCH: Inside the NOPD's Mobile Crisis Unit

by Aaron Looney

November 4, 2016

Categories: On the Beat, Videos

Topics: Modernizing Policing

Take a ride with two of the NOPD Mobile Crisis Unit's mental health technicians who volunteer their time to assist officers in handling incidents involving persons who are possibly suffering from mental illness.

NOPD Crisis Transportation Service Looking for Volunteers to Serve as Mental Health Technicians

by Aaron Looney

November 4, 2016

Categories: On the Beat

Topics: Modernizing Policing

NOPD Crisis Transportation Service Looking for Volunteers to Serve as Mental Health Technicians

The NOPD’s Crisis Transportation Service is searching for volunteers to serve as mental health technicians to assist in its mission to provide a more dignified and humane method of care and transport for those persons encountered by the NOPD who are mentally ill and/or emotionally disturbed.

Weekly MAX Meetings Create Greater Accountability Across the Department

by Ben Horwitz

November 4, 2016

Categories: Transparency

Topics: Modernizing Policing

Weekly MAX Meetings Create Greater Accountability Across the Department

Last month, the NOPD launched a new, holistic, data-driven approach to police management known as MAX, or Management Analysis for Xcellence.

NOPD Cutting Response Times by Taking Calls over the Phone

by Tyler Gamble

November 2, 2016

Categories: On the Beat

Topics: Modernizing Policing

NOPD Cutting Response Times by Taking Calls over the Phone

The NOPD has cut response times for emergency calls for service by more than 60 percent in 2016, and one of the ways it’s making that happen is by taking calls over the phone.

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