INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Date and Time of Release: Monday, May 5, 2014 / 3:30 P.M.
Date and Time of Event:
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location:
UC Riverside Palm Desert Center
75-080 Frank Sinatra Drive, B–Building Rm# B200
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Subject:
Smart Policing Symposium by Indio Police Department
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In 2010 Indio Police Department was awarded a competitive grant from the
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to help reduce residential and commercial
burglary rates in Indio. Furthermore, SPI research finding show a link between
truancy rates in Indio. As a result, the Indio Police Department initiated a series
of burglary prevention activities targeting predicted burglary “hot spot’ in the city.
These placed–based policing efforts included enhanced partnership efforts,
deployment of burglary plus truancy prevention task force and community
outreach.
The Indio Police Department is hosting a Smart Police Initiate Symposium to
facilitating Research-Practitioner Collaborations in Law Enforcement scheduled
for Tuesday, May 6, 2014, starting at 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, at UC Riverside
Palm Desert Center, 75 Frank Sinatra Drive, B-Building Rm# B200, Palm
Desert. We will have representatives from the Bureau of Justice Assistance,
University of Riverside, State of California Department of Justice Office of the
Attorney General and various law enforcement agencies from California
attending the event. See attached program announcement and program agenda.
For more information contact:
Indio Police PIO
office (760) 391-4037 or pager (760) 776-3359
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Indio Police Department
Smart Policing Initiative Symposium: Facilitating ResearcherPractitioner Collaborations in Law Enforcement
May 6, 2014
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:30-9:45 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Speaker:
Richard P. Twiss, Chief of Police
Indio Police Department
9:45-10:10 a.m.
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Smart Policing Initiative &
Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations in Law Enforcement
Speaker:
Hildy Saizow, Senior Subject Matter Expert
Smart Policing Initiative (SPI)
10:10-10:35 a.m.
Indio’s SPI Research Project
Speaker(s): Dr. Robert Nash Parker, Professor of Sociology & Senior
Researcher
University of California, Riverside
Henricus Peeters, Commander
Erika Martinez, Sr. Mgmt. Analyst/SPI Project Manager
Ivan Carrillo, SPI Comm. Outreach Coordinator
10:35-10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45-11:10 a.m.
Attorney General’s 2013 Report on California’s Elementary School
Truancy & Absenteeism Crisis
Speaker:
Catherine Z. Ysrael, Deputy Attorney General
State of California Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General
11:10-11:30 a.m.
Robert Presley Center for Crime & Justice Studies
Speaker:
Dr. Robert Nash Parker, Professor of Sociology & Senior
Researcher
University of California, Riverside
11:30-Noon
Q&A
Noon
Closing Remarks
Indio Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) Project
Milestones
Project Goal
Research Findings
Indio’s SPI research
To better predict burglary
findings show a link
patterns in the City of Indio by
between truancy rates and
enhancing the hot spots
burglary crime in specific
approach to create a predictive
parts of the city.
profile of potential hot spots.
Project Start Date
Project End Date
October 1, 2010
March 31, 2014
Description of Milestone
Milestone #1
Milestone #2
Milestone #3
Establish research parnership with the University of
California Riverside
The Indio Police Department receives a $220,617 competive
grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
FY10 Smart Policing Initiative
Data collection, analysis and development of enhanced
database.
Completion Date
June 2010
September 2010
July 2011
Milestone #4
Mapping analysis suggests a statistically significant
relationship between truancy rates and burglary crime.
Milestone #5
Indio PD presents research findings at the National Institute
of Justice (NIJ) Annual Conference
October 2012
Milestone #6
Hiring of SPI Community Outreach Coordinator and rollout
of burglary prevention activities targeting predicted burglary
"hot spots" in Indio, Calif.
April 2013
Milestone #7
The Indio SPI Team presents at the Western Regional SPI
Workshop, hosted by the Arizona State University's (ASU)
Center for Violence Prevention & Community Safety.
May 2013
Milestone #8
Launching of truancy prevention task force, an SPI media
campaign, community outreach events, and enhanced crosssector partnership efforts in SPI target area.
On-Going
Milestone #9
The Indio SPI Team presents at the International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference
October 2013
Milestone #10
Indio SPI project gardners local, national & international
press coverage regarding its predictive policing model
December 2013
Milestone #11
Indio Teen Center participants create and present "AntiTruancy Anthem"
January 2014
Milestone #12
Indio SPI Team presents at the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences Annual Meeting
February 2014
Milestone #13
Indio SPI Team receives award from the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) and CNA for "Contributions to Law
Enforcement through Implementation of Evidence-Based
Practices"
February 2014
Milestone #14
The Parent Project Graduation Ceremony, facilitated by the
Indio SPI Team
March 2014
Milestone #15
Indio SPI Team receives award from Riverside County
Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission
(JJDPC)
March 2014
Milestone #16
Indio Police Department hosts the Smart Policing Initiative
Regional Symposium in partnership with the Bureau of
Justice Assistance (BJA), the University of California
Riverside, CNA, and the Office of the CA Attorney General
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