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Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - Rob Tucker - 08-29-2009
I have been in communication with Police Chief Kubojiri on acquiring as current as possible data on the level of service provided to all districts on the island. Friends of Puna's Future (www.fopf.org) is looking into ways to improve the rates of clearance for burglary in the district and to see if it is possible to increase the police patrol officer numbers in Puna.
We are working on it.
I have recieved this burglary clearance rate info from the police covering 1997 to 2006. Percentages are the percent of cases cleared for burglary. Larceny is a different set of figures.
Makes for interesting reading. The reports themselves are available at www.hawaiipolice.org but the data is not consistantly presented and not segregated by police districts.
Burglary Clearance rates
1997 = 19%
1998 = 32.3%
1999 = 25.7%
2000 = 21%
2001 = 18.1%
2002 = 15.7%
2003 = 17.4%
2004 = 16.3%
2005 = 11.1%
2006 = 17.8%
If anyone is interested in working with FoPF toward better police services please visit our web site at www.fopf.org and sign up with us.
RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - PaulW - 08-29-2009
Those reports are interesting reading! Thanks.
Here are some burglary percentages (not clearance rates) from the earlier reports:
burglaries: (Puna/County)
1997-1998 483/1660 29.1%
1999 412/1400 29.4%
2000 468/1560 30.0%
2001 384/1538 25.0%
2002 386/1539 25.1%
2003 426/1437 29.6%
RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - AlohaSteven - 08-29-2009
What does "clearance rate" mean in this context? Perhaps burglaries resolved by recovery of stolen items or conviction of perpetrators?
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RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - Rob Tucker - 08-29-2009
Good question. I have already asked this in writing of the police chief and will share his reply when it comes.
There are two things we (FoPF) are studying at this time:
1. Level of service (LOS). The 2006-2007 shows that the Hamakua District had 13 patrol officers assigned for a population of approx. 6,100 people. Puna, a much, much larger district, currently has 7 patrol officers for an area the size of Oahu. We want to understand why and examine any statistics which purport to support this discrepancy.
2. Anti-burglary plans. We are studying methods of improving the catch and jail rate for burglary and expect to launch a pilot program for a new technique sometime in the next few months. This can be done with or without the active participation of the Police Department. Currently working with some local Neighborhood Watch folks and want to expand that type connection and effort. More on this as it develops. Interested individuals should contact FoPF.
RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - Dave Smith - 08-29-2009
Rob, you're probably already aware of this, but the county's General Plan notes, under Section 10.3 (for Protective Services) for police:
"Based on population, the islandwide average is about 2.5 officers per 1,000 residents. By district, Puna is significantly below this average (1.56 per 1,000), while North Hilo has a significantly higher ratio of 7.05 per 1,000. The other seven districts are close to the island average."
The G.P. also states that standards for protective services should include "2.5 police officers per 1,000 resident population."
I'm guessing that since it doesn't specify patrol officers, the Hilo statistic is skewed by administrative needs.
The Puna problem is, of course, exacerbated by the vast distances involved.
RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - Guest - 08-29-2009
Why is this not posted under Puna Politics?
I'm getting a feeling that this site is on it's way to politic's only. Dose someone have plans of runing for office here?
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RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - Rob Tucker - 08-29-2009
Thank you Dave.
These figures also have to be reconstructed into the eight police districts which are different than the nine council districts or nine judicial districts. So the population figures alone require some assembly to understand the level of service rates which are real or imaginary.
We are for the present depending on the Police Department to provide the statistics requested.
RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - csgray - 08-29-2009
Rob,
Reordering the stats based on different physical locations is usually done by government bodies like police departments, planning departments and social service agencies with a GIS program, usually ARCView. Either Hawaii county or the state ought to have the info as a GIS file and any UH geography grad student would be able to show you how to get the information you need from the data files. I used to know how to do it but the software has changed a lot since I took cartography. If I knew what form the data was available in I might be able to help you get pointed in the right direction for easier data crunching.
To me, this is information concerning the safety and welfare of the community, not politics. Many of us rarely read the politics forum, but do want to know what the status is of our community in terms of police protection.
Carol
RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - Rob Tucker - 08-29-2009
We also consider this a safety issue and not politics. I wish I could say it is a simple issue but it is not. I wish I could say that there was no politics involved at all but I do no think that would be true either.
We have reasonable expectations that our government departments can and will provide the basic data we seek in the formats we seek. The policy we are undertaking here is to assume the best and ask lots of questions.
RE: Police burglary clearance rates. An FoPF effort. - Bob Orts - 08-29-2009
And just to give a comparison, here are the National Average Burglary Clearance Rates as reported by the USDOJ:
2002 - 11.5%
2003 - 11.5%
2004 - 12.0%
2005 - 11.2%
2006 - 11.4%
2007 - 11.6%
However, since Hawaii is a remote island, the clearance rate is really poor. In looking at NCJRS data, Puerto Rico, which has twice as many people, 6 times total crime and 2 times the burglaries, can quadruple the clearance rate over Hawaii due in large to being an island. I was surprised to see that every geographical sub section that was an island (with the exception of Hawaii) had very high clearance/solve rates for crimes. Since burglars are not driving to Hilo from LA, committing a burglary and escaping by vehicle back to LA, that removes the commute criminals from the equation.