Case Studies
See what's been achieved by community leaders with the Simsi Suite
Kansas City, MO
Reduced gun violence by 22%, and saw an estimated cost savings of $4.9M to local criminal justice and emergency healthcare systems. The city subsequently codified the use of Simsi analytics into local ordinance by creating a multiagency taskforce to identify the groups best suited to address crime problems at particular places. Communication between the police and other municipal departments improved, most notably those with whom the police department may not have routinely engaged with, such as the Health Department.
Kansas City (MO) Police Department
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City of Kansas City (MO)
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Dallas, TXThe City enacted an ordinance to incorporate Simsi analytics in support of addressing nuisance businesses and their relationships to crime through the Office of Integrated Public Safety Solutions (OIPSS) and their partnership with a local nonprofit, the Child Poverty Action Lab. They reduce crime while simultaneously reducing arrests.
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Dallas (TX) Community NPO
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Orleans Parish, LAThe District Attorney’s Office began a program of outreach and collaboration with Simsi analytics. By partnering with NOPD, the Louisiana State Police, and other community stakeholders like the Mayor’s Office on Night Time Economy and the Transit Authority, they address problems that previously seemed too hard to surmount by any one agency.
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Orleans Parish (LA) District Attorney's Office
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Newark, NJThe Newark Public Safety Collaborative (NPSC) adds to the public safety ecosystem by engaging local stakeholders in a data-informed discussion of crime problems that values their input and lived experiences. The bi-monthly meetings now host over 40 community organizations who coordinate their activities around Simsi analytics, in-line with their individual missions, while retaining their independence.
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Newark (NJ) University-Led Partnership
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Atlantic City, NJThe Atlantic City Police Department achieved crime reductions and higher case clearance rates, all while improving community relations and saving over $1.6 million to the local criminal justice system. Simsi analytics were used to deploy the police department for property checks, the planning department for boarding up or demolishing vacant buildings, the utility authority to prioritize installations of LED streetlights, and the city council’s economic development committee to consider incentives for new development.
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Atlantic City (NJ) Police Department
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St. Louis, MOIn partnership with the Urban League and the STL Public Safety Collaborative, the City’s vacant property and nuisance abatement team shifted from complaint-driven case management, where quantity of complaints dictated actions, to a data-driven structure where Simsi analytics are used to triage concerns, inform decisions, and drive equitable and proactive actions throughout the city.
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Hazel Crest, ILA small suburb in the “southland” of Chicago, Hazel Crest uses Simsi analytics to catalyze conversations about local problems in ways that empower citizen feedback to drive actions by police and other community organizations. Data now informs conversations across multiple stages of local government, from city council meetings to community forums, youth engagement, and policing operations.
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Green Bay, WIThe City’s Office of Violence Prevention was able to engage and coordinate 3 new city agencies and local community partners that were previously unaware of the role they could take in public safety programming, and now serves as a hub for public safety programming. The City’s newly implemented Community Safety Plan includes the use of Simsi analytics to inform decision-making and actions for crime prevention without over-relying on the police.
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