A PARTNERSHIP OF THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT

AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS

Blue C.R.U.S.H.™

Crime Reduction Utilizing Statistical History

ISSUE:

Drug houses in

residential

neighborhoods

SOLUTION

Problem Oriented

Policing—Nuisance Actions filed by DA’s office and Code

Enforcement based

on crime analysis

and undercover

investigations

RESULT:

Drug houses closed; crime reduced in

surrounding

neighborhoods

Director Larry Godwin

Memphis Police Department

201 Poplar Avenue, 12 Fl

Memphis, TN 38103

901.545.5705

 

Richard Janikowski

Center for Community Criminology & Research

University of Memphis

600 Jefferson Avenue

Memphis, TN 38105

901.678.1308

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