Recently more than one hundred federal, state, county, and local police executives attended the 116th CorrStat meeting, held in its original meeting room at the MetLife Stadium. Led by Director Anthony Ambrose of the Newark Public Safety Department and Colonel Patrick Callahan of the New Jersey State Police, the session not only celebrated its history, but also planned the next evolution in crime-fighting, anchored in stronger collaborations, information sharing, and leveraging new communications and analytical technologies.

CorrStat refers to the 19-mile stretch of New Jersey State Highway Route 21. Connecting the cities of Paterson and Newark, the highway is made up of 19 municipalities with police departments patrolling urban to suburban communities. Because of the disproportionate amount of violent crimes occurring in metropolitan areas along the CorrStat, it has become a necessity to utilize the resources of multiple police departments in order to actively and successfully fight crime. The Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), established in 2013 at the Newark Police Headquarters, is celebrating its 5th year of operations. The RTCC targets crime in the CorrStat region by investigating, providing information, and utilizing shared resources. The RTCC is able to provide real time information to law enforcement agencies within the first two hours of the crime’s occurrence.

The CorrStat program demonstrates the power of regional information sharing and the ability to make an impact on public safety challenges with the use of collaboration and leadership. The RTCC is staffed by members of the Newark Police Department, New Jersey State Police Department, Irvington, Jersey City, Paterson, NJ Transit, Rutgers Police Department, and other CorrStat participating agencies. More information regarding CorrStat & information sharing can be found in a full length article authored by Colonel Rick Fuentes of the Center on Policing. 

This article can be found here.