New data from the city shows officers are taking longer to travel to calls for service after Cincinnati Police Department’s District 5 closed.
Amid efforts to combat gun violence, residents can find updated crime statistics, links to key research and information on different initiatives under the ACT for Cincy section on the city’s website. Among that information was CPD’s S.T.A.R.S. (Strategic & Tactical Analytic Review for Solutions) report .
The original report posted to the website on Jan. 3, 2025, looked at response times from Dec. 28, 2024, year-to-date, showing average travel times for officers increased by more than one minute. City-wide, that accounted for a 24.09% increase per call. The report is no longer listed on the city’s website. On Wednesday, CPD said there was an error in the city’s reporting system, which added 13,000 minutes to one call and skewed the data…