Month: September 2002

NYPD Base Case

Headquarters: One Police Plaza, New York, NY 10038 Phone: (646) 610-5000 Business: The NYPD patrols the five boroughs of New York City. It is the

The Disconnected Cop

Murders in New York had fallen to fewer than 675 in 2000, from 2,262 in 1990. Then, a group of homicidal bombers plowed commercial airplanes

Cray: Making Good on Flops

The Cray name has always been synonymous with “supercomputer.” In fact, up until the early 1990s, close to 80% of the supercomputers in the world

How Homeland Security Budgets Technology

The new Department of Homeland Security will probably have a 2003 information technology budget of $2.1 billion—the fourth largest IT budget among civilian agencies in

Baltimore Cops Get Connected

Police sergeant David Rosenblatt cruises downtown Baltimore, as he deals with property thefts, burglaries, and, on occasion, aggravated assaults. Rosenblatt doesn’t have a partner in

CompStat: From Humble Beginnings

The snow was falling, heavily. Gene Whyte, John Brancato, Richard Mehia and John Yohe wanted to go home, before the weather turned impenetrable. But Brancato,