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The crime tracking program called COMSTAT has popped up in police departments around the country over the past decade. It started in New York, and officials there say it cleaned up that city's crime problems. Now Manchester's mayor wants to bring it to the queen city. We'll find out more about the highly-praised system, and why some people think it's just a lot of hype.

Our guests are:

Stephen Mastrofski, Director of the Administration of Justice Program at George Mason University

Edward Davis, Superintendent of the Lowell, Massachusetts Police Department