This is A Call For To Action...
by Nick Ashton, Founder, CEO, Tracometry
With the
reduction in the finances available to municipalities, cities, states and
federal law enforcement agencies, we must look to our next assets, the
public.
In the
original formation of a police force, Sir Robert Peel, (1829), took members of
the public and brought them inside his vision of a uniformed police force to
keep the peace. The means of
communication was a simple whistle, the only protection they carried was a
stick or truncheon and their visual identification was the uniform and the top
hat.
What is
left of our society in 2013 needs assistance to maintain law and order under a
different model. Police officers are fully
trained to keep the peace, investigate and resolve crimes and infractions and
then be adjudicated by a court. The old
days of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, we flooded the streets with officers who
walked their beat. They knew everyone,
from the kids in the alley, to boys in the big house. When an incident went down, they knew which
door to go knock on and resolve the issue.
Our courts and prisons had a smaller flow of visitors as it was taken care of, on the streets, in a
very down to earth legal manner. Yes, a
clip around the ear, or your father taking a belt to your backside, to resolve
the issue. I know I was one of those
kids!
When you
have fights at school bus stops by parents, open drug dealing like a corner
supermarket, domestic violence on every block or more, intimidation and
downright bullying in the schools and that is just the tip of the iceberg,
where will it end?
Professional
officers and management require assistance and we can revive a solution first
used by the British Police forces, special
constables. These are sworn officers
with limited but powerful abilities to complete some of the mundane duties,
where a professional officer’s time is wasted and can be better utilized. I am not trying to minimize the capabilities
of the special officers; it is just
not cost effective to have professionals tied down with duties that can be
completed by others. These folks are not
rent a cops; they will be retired
police officers/detectives or trained VETS.
The common denominator is training, respect and trust.
The Pied
Piper Project (P3) ©
is a community based revitalization program.
Changing the social vista, using existing codes and laws, that clean up
and clean out the neighborhood and communities in an expedited manner. Policing, this includes animal control,
housing (code enforcement), tenant/landlord ethic codes, gang and drug
enforcement and community policing. A
proven solution that works in short periods and is then maintained. It makes
folks sing to your respectful tune.
Pied Piper 3 Officer
(P3O), a fully
trained officer at a lower cost, individuals who know the old ways with a
twist, simple street smarts. When it is
a paperwork crime, from car break-in, simple burglary or what is deemed a low-level
expectancy apprehension incident, these officers can complete, using new
digital technology, which collects all the data and it is then processed
through criminal analytics.
This
solution can also secure our schools. We
overlay today’s technology on the expertise of experienced individuals and
create a level of understanding that has worked through the decades. Now, we have the communications capabilities,
analytics and next event predictability within, for use, today.
Social
event centers, malls, conference centers, stadiums and concert halls are major
gathering points and need increased eyes and ears and the Pied Piper 3 Officer (P3O)©, is trained and
available for this type of work also.
Our street
level technology even goes as far to revitalize the old Neighborhood Watch,
renamed, redesigned and reinvigorated.
Cop wannabes are not welcome!
The day of the Neighborhood Block Captain is gone and replaced with socially
acceptable visionaries. Yes, leaders,
who have the respect of their neighbors, the responsibility of understanding
and importantly, the resolve to enact the needs of a radically, socially
changed 2013 and beyond.
It is the
overall ability to manage our society cost effectively and importantly,
socially. It is the training, criminal
analytics, tracking, call for service, next event predictability and methods to
gather this information at street level.
This includes digital input and communications, which are more than
economically effective and affordable.
In fact, communication of information is directed to our analytic data
repository via any mobile phone, which is securely linked through the Pied Piper Project (P3). It is beyond proof of concept and this
technology has been in use since the late 1990’s and is being updated all the
time. Innovation is part of Tracometry’s
daily life and as the creator of this social change, has been able to
develop and implement this solution and have the understanding of all
concerned.
This is a Call to Action!
copyright 2013
