CATCH YA' LATER, MAN - A REPORT ON CHARLIE'S SECONDHAND STORE - AN UNDERCOVER STOREFRONT OPERATION

• NCJ Number: 32473
• Author(s): C R BAKER
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 61 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: New Mexico Governor's Organized Crime Prevention Cmssn; Albuquerque Police Dept
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT PROVIDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE CONCEPT, IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION, AND RESULTS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE SECONDHAND STORE PROJECT.

Abstract

THE FACT THAT EXISTING APPROACHES TO PROPERTY CRIME REDUCTION IN ALBUQUERQUE HAD MET WITH LITTLE SUCCESS INIATED THE SECONDHAND STOREFRONT CONCEPT IN 1974. THE STOREFRONT OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNOR'S ORGANIZED CRIME PREVENTION COMMISSION. TWO AGENTS SET UP A SECONDHAND STORE ON CENTRAL AVENUE AND POSED IN AN UNDERCOVER CAPACITY AS FENCES. THE STORE WAS OPERATIONAL FROM JANUARY 2, 1975 TO APRIL 26, 1975 - A TOTAL OF 115 DAYS. THE OPERATION NETTED 39 DEFENDANTS WHO WERE CHARGED BY A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY WITH 218 STATE FELONY COUNTS. TWO INDICTMENTS CHARGING VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL FIREARMS ACT EMANATING FROM THE STOREFRONT OPERATION WERE LEVIED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY. SEE ALSO NCJ-32474 ALSO. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) AREA WOULD PERMIT A MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF THE COURT'S