NCJ Number
139527
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 40 Issue: 10 Dated: (October 1992) Pages: 157-162
Date Published
1992
Length
6 pages
Annotation
Operation Bullseye is a proactive policing strategy developed in Phoenix (Ariz.) in 1987 to deploy police personnel in the most effective possible manner to apprehend fleeing robbery suspects.
Abstract
The Bullseye Program is based on experience revealing that suspects often commute back to their residence after committing a robbery, driving cautiously to avoid attracting attention or causing an accident. By the time police arrive at the crime scene, suspects have often either changed cars or left the scene altogether. With Operation Bullseye, only two police units respond to the scene after a call. All other units proceed to major intersections and observe traffic moving away from the crime scene. The crime location is the center of the "bullseye." Apprehension of the suspects depends on placing a description of the suspects on the air quickly and on staffing enough major intersections in time. Radio procedures are crucial in this effort. Operation Bullseye has resulted in the apprehension of many robbery suspects and has reduced robberies by 30 percent in one area with a high rate of robberies. Twenty-four percent of Bullseye calls have results in successes, with a 48- percent success rate in calls involving good vehicle descriptions. The program is being used in Mesa and Scottsdale as well. Photograph and map