NCJ Number
122844
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 37 Issue: 12 Dated: (December 1989) Pages: 25-27
Date Published
1989
Length
3 pages
Annotation
As a member of the Kendall-Whittier Businessmen's Association, the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Police Department instituted a program to identify crime problems in a city neighborhood plagued by persistent decline. The other Association members were concerned with crime, preservation, traffic access, and zoning.
Abstract
By focusing on particular problem areas, the department began to access other city departments and use their jurisdiction and resources to supplement those of the police. A multidimensional approach also provided needed political influences. A task force of law enforcement agencies, religious representatives, social services, and other interest groups prepared a questionnaire for neighborhood residents, the results of which indicated prostitution was the major criminal concern. Large numbers of arrests were made and the task force recommended probation terms barring them from the neighborhood and requiring they perform community service elsewhere in the city. Undercover operations, conducted in donated rental properties, focused on drugs and burglary. Relations between the neighborhood and nearby University of Tulsa were enhanced, as were university-police links. The problems of youthful offenders and school dropouts are future projects; the neighborhood has agreed to sponsor a community-based treatment group home for juvenile offenders. This public-private effort has resulted in a successful crime prevention and crime control program.