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APD Borrows Idea From NYPD

January 14, 2009 4:24 pm by: Nathan Bernier

The Austin Police Department is using a new computer program to analyze crime patterns.

APD hopes COMPSTAT (short for “computer statistics”) will make them more efficient with taxpayer money.

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