NCJ Number
86307
Editor(s)
S M Power,
Z F Wade
Date Published
1982
Length
63 pages
Annotation
The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., initiated the 13-Point Unified Crime Program in 1981, in partnership with the community. It includes the Neighborhood Watch Program, Operation Identification, Crime Solvers Program, Firearm Amnesty Program, and other community crime prevention programs.
Abstract
Foot beats were reinstituted to promote safer neighborhoods and to attend more closely to local crime problems. Activities of the various police offices, divisions, and bureaus are noted. Data are given on crime by police district, and on traffic accidents, juvenile arrests, crime index offenses, crime adult arrests, and police personnel. Photographs, graphs, and tables are supplied.