Here's the "menu" of tactics and actions we can work as a full coalition of the community to enable policy changes
Call SJPD
Call volumes drive analytics around where issues are arising from
Take Pictures/ Video
Gather photo and video evidence of ongoing activity
Engage the Media
Highlight the issues through local news
Create/Drive Awareness of Dashboards
Use data points to baseline and show relative trends in the neighborhood
Tactics under exploration:
SJPD S.T.O.P. Program https://www.sjpd.org/reporting-crime/loitering-and-trespassing/s-t-o-p-program
Ring Neighbor App https://ring.com/neighbors
Citizen App https://citizen.com/
FBI Database: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend
AreaVibes Scorecard: https://www.areavibes.com/san+jose-ca/downtown/?ll=37.32993+-121.90461
Crime
Daily escort of disruptive individuals from businesses
Loitering or other behavior that erodes the desirability of customers from visiting businesses
Daily count of loitering in front of The Arena
Dumping of garbage
SJPD database of incoming calls for the Alameda geolocation
Segmented by call category/disposition
Report Volume
Officer on-site response time
Close Rate
Resolution dispositions
What other dashboards exist that we can monitor?
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/housing/homelessness-program-dashboard