Reduce Major Property Crime

Mayor Strickland has adopted a multi-pronged approach to fighting crime, including increasing the size of the police force, reducing recidivism, and supporting tougher sentences for certain violent crimes. For this measurement, we define "major property crime" using the FBI's Part 1 crime classification, which includes burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. We track the year-to-date percent change in property crime to monitor our progress.

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The Memphis Police Department (MPD) uses a variety of best-practice policing tools to fight crime, including a proactive, predictive policing initiative called Operation Blue CRUSH. With Blue CRUSH, the MPD uses data about past crimes to identify potential and emerging “hot spots” so that it can deploy officers more effectively in the field. Operation Blue Crush is operated by the Real Time Crime Center, which collects incident information as it’s happening and monitors more than 500 cameras around the city. By improving the flow of information and getting it quickly into officers’ hands, the Real Time Crime Center enables the MPD to deter more crime and respond faster when crimes happen.  
Memphians have a continuing role in helping to prevent crime through the city’s Neighborhood Watch program. By being alert to what happens in in your neighborhood, partnering with local law enforcement, and helping the city take care of public spaces, you can be a part of addressing crime in your community. 

As a complement to Neighborhood Watch, the Memphis Police Department operates the Community Outreach Program (COP), which puts a concentration of police officers in neighborhoods where crime is high in order to keep the peace and build trust between residents and police.
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