Editing CompStat (section)

== In popular culture ==
* In the CBS TV series ''[[The District]]'', inspired by the real-life experience of former New York Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Maple, statistics clerk Ella Mae Farmer (played by [[Lynne Thigpen]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/70511/Lynne-Thigpen/biography|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Lynne Thigpen Biography|access-date=February 18, 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> was shown to be a wiz at using the system, which proved invaluable to the success of Washington, D.C. Police Chief Jack Mannion and to the department, and which contributed to her promotion from an obscure position located in an out-of-the-way office to Director of Administrative Services.<ref>{{cite web|website=TV.com|title=The District|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-district/|access-date=2016-06-02}}</ref>
* The ''[[Law and Order: SVU]]'' episode "Limitations" features a [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] CompStat meeting at One Police Plaza.<ref>{{Citation |last=Makris |first=Constantine |title=Limitations |date=2000-02-11 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629677/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |series=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |others=Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer}}</ref>  
* The system is shown in use in ''[[The Wire (TV series)|The Wire]]'' on [[HBO]], though in the show it is referred to as "ComStat". This was accurate to the real world Baltimore Police Department, however, after the show had concluded, a similar system known as "CitiStat" replaced it.<ref name=":0"/>
* The podcast ''[[Reply All (podcast)|Reply All]]'' aired two episodes regarding CompStat, titled "The Crime Machine Part I"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/127-the-crime-machine-part-i|title=#127 The Crime Machine, Part I by Reply All |publisher=Gimlet Media|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> and "The Crime Machine Part II".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/128-the-crime-machine-part-ii|title=#128 The Crime Machine, Part II by Reply All |publisher=Gimlet Media|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref>