ResourceRouter - Proactive Patrol Management
The Public Safety Gap
1
Increasing Need for Law
Enforcement with Rising Crime Rate
Gun-related Violence Spiked in
Recent Years 1,2
13,570
deaths
+54%
20,951
deaths
2
Police Departments Nationwide
Facing Staff Shortages³
18%
Increase in Resignation
3
Government Focuses
on "Refunding the Police"
Continuous Increase in Government
Spending on Police Protection4
+17%
16 of 23
$123bn
+
45%
Increase in Retirement
$105bn
+
2015
2019
Major US Cities
Increased FY22
Police Budgets
$30bn
Federal Resource
Dedicated to Law
Enforcement5
2015
2021
"Murders in the U.S. rose nearly 30% in 2020
from the prior year and remained at elevated
levels in 2021. About 8 in 10 murders were
committed with guns in 2020."
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
86%
Police Departments Reported
Staffing Shortage
"As violent crime surges ahead...[officials]
are toughening their talk on crime, and
refunding the police."
NBC NEWS
SOUNDTHINKING
Structural Tailwinds Creating a Need for Technology in Order to Do More with Less
Source: Public news, The White House briefing, Urban Institute, US Census Bureau
1 Reflects data from 67 out of 70 police agencies of select major cities in 2019, and 70 out of 70 for 2020 and 2021; 2 Includes homicides, murders, unintentional shooting, and
defensive use deaths; 3 PERF Special Report. Surveys from 194 police national agencies; 4 Reflects total state and local government spending on police protection; 5 Figure
represents President Biden's proposal for new mandatory resources to support law enforcement and crime prevention
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