A New Response in Crime Fighting – Law Enforcement Combined Action Teams
LECATs aim is to isolate violent crime offenders and gang leaders by using evidence-based policing data and utilizing Hot Spot policing tactics.
The concept of Law Enforcement Combined Action Team (LECATs) involved embedding small units of police officers within specific high crime areas to aid the community, target violent crime, and repeat offenders. The teams should consist of a squad-sized element of police officers, usually around 6 to 10, with a field supervisor as the team lead, working a…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Crime and Society Newsletter to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.