SALISBURY, N.C. -- Using data analytics to fight crime, the Department of Justice has spent the past year taking a close look at crime data in the city of Salisbury.

  • The DOJ presented the findings of a year-long crime study in Salisbury. 
  • The police department has already begun rolling out some of the suggested changes.
  • The city has applied for two grants to implement security systems in high crime areas, and help reduce crime near school zones.

Tuesday DOJ officials presented those findings to the city and gave suggestions for fixing some of the problems they observed.

Chief Jerry Stokes says they have already started working to implement some of the suggestions the DOJ has given them.

 “There’s a lot of this that the community needs to know and understand,” says Chief Stokes. “So how we communicate that and develop a plan is part of all of this direction that we’re headed."

Chief Stokes says the police department is already undergoing training suggested by the department of justice.

They have also applied for two separate grants to implement security systems in high crime areas, and help reduce crime near some school zones.