Summary:

This report is part of a series of studies commissioned by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to determine the effects of Massachusetts’ new casinos on the public safety of the surrounding regions. A crime analyst with expertise in police data systems and police data analysis was contracted to extract data and provide before‐and after comparisons of crime, calls for service, and traffic collisions.

This is the first report concerning the Plainville‐area agencies likely to be affected by the opening of Plainridge Park Casino in the summer of 2015. It is baseline report, and as such, there are no particular “findings” in relation to any changes in public safety issues caused by the casino. Those will be covered in a series reports following this baseline report.