Boulder, Colorado

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Site LE Agency
Boulder Police Department

Site Researcher
Dr. Natalie Hipple and Julie Wartell

Site Focus
Homelessness

SPI Strategy
Coordinated response, information sharing

Site Cohort
2021

Site Profile
Small urban area of 27.36 square miles with a population of 108,250

Project Overview

The Boulder Police Department (BPD) will develop a three-phase project to create a coordinated response to reduce the harms relating to encampments and people experiencing homelessness. The three phases will include data inventory and collection, problem specific analysis, and strategy implementation. The BPD will create a data system to collect, share, and analyze data across all relevant city department in order to get a more complete understanding of the problems resulting in more effective responses.

Methods and Findings