Jack Maple
The man who saved New York City using Data Science
Time line of Jack Maple's life:
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1952 - Born in Brooklyn, New York
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1970 - Graduated from the New York City Police Academy
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1970 - Joins the New York City Police Department (NYPD)
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1983 - Begins working in the 23rd precinct in East Harlem
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1990 - Becomes the deputy commissioner of operations for the NYPD
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1994 - Alongside Commissioner William J. Bratton, develops the CompStat system
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1995 - The NYPD officially implements the CompStat system
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1996 - Publishes "The Crime Fighter: Putting the Bad Guys Out of Business."
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1998 - Leaves the NYPD and starts his consulting firm
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2001 - Passes away at the age of 49
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2002 - Receives the NYPD's Distinguished Service Medal posthumously
A visionary, an innovator and a great police leader, Jack Maple changed the face of policing in New York and America. In a time when the conventional wisdom proclaimed that police could not affect crime, Jack Maple knew better and proved it wrong. He conceived and implemented the CompStat system in 1994; since then the NYPD has driven down crime to historically low levels. His vision of a safe city is our reality today.
— William J. Bratton