The bingers and partyers depended on the habitual users for drugs. Driving Enforcement Team, Illinois State Police, 2000, Carroll Sydney , Australia : New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. [Full text]. Prostitution: Viable Solutions to Solving the Problem, Los Angeles County Washington , D.C. : Police Foundation. Operation Smoky Haze's goal was to destroy the drug market's convenience and safety by confusing the buyers and sellers. Police are more likely to remain in the crackdown area, and offenders have more difficulty evading them in a confined area.69. initiative.49 In Pittsburgh , extra patrols that focused on seizing illegally carried guns significantly reduced citizen calls about gunshots and gunshot injuries.50 In both Indianapolis and Kansas City , there was reason to believe that targeting high-risk known offenders or high-crime areas for gun enforcement produced better results than the less focused efforts. The best known example of Zero Tolerance Policy was its adoption in New York City in 1994. "Optimal Enforcement Policies (Crackdowns) on an Illicit Drug Market." Obviously, for police to devote a larger share of resources to one particular area or problem, they must divert resources from other areas and problems.33 Thus, there is not only the cost of conducting the crackdown, but there is also the cost of not doing something else with the resources. endobj It is an approach that helps to reduce favoritism in schools. The reasoning of the zero tolerance policy here is that once you start making exceptions to a rule, then you dont really have one to enforce. In S. Stevens (ed. There are a lot of times when common sense isnt applied to a situation. Zero Tolerance Policing P.N. [Full text], Best, D., J. Strang, T. Beswick, and M. Gossup (2001). In 1994, the federal government passed the Gun-Free Schools Act, which requires schools to expel any student who brings a gun to campus. ), then spatial displacement is less likely to occur after a drug crackdown. in Alcohol Related Fatal and Injury Crashes, Sheriff's New York: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Targeting Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol . He fights back to get away. Consolidating Police Crackdowns: Findings From an Antiburglary Project . Works, Lancashire Constabulary, 2004, Sex As the term suggests, zero-tolerance policing entails strict enforcement of minor offenses. Motivated drug buyers and sellers can adapt to police crackdownsfor example, by finding alternative ways to contact one another and negotiate a deal (e.g., via cellular telephones, beepers, steerers).70 Compared with newer users, more experienced and seriously addicted users are probably less likely to be deterred by drug crackdowns, and more likely to adapt to them. Criminology 37(3):541-580. Send an e-mail with a link to this guide. A zero tolerance strategy consists of stopping, questioning, and frisking pedestrians or drivers considered to be acting suspiciously and then arresting them for offenses whenever possible, typically for such low-level offenses as possessing marijuana. Justice Quarterly , 3(4):481 - 496. In line with long-standing Australian policy, the case is made for approaches that incorporate and balance demand reduction, supply reduction and harm reduction principles. 0000043694 00000 n Advocates of order maintenance policing have also observed that NYPD officers simply started paying attention to offences that had previously been ignored, and only sometimes took formal action (Sousa and Kelling, 2006). Josi, Donahue, and Magnus (2000); Wright and Pease (1997), Weidner (1999); Davis and Lurigio (1996); Kennedy (1993). Department, 2001, F-STOP: Problem-Solving: Problem-Oriented Policing in Newport News . "Problem-Oriented Policing in Violent Crime Places: A Randomized Controlled Experiment." The essence of the badly-named zero-tolerance crime strategy is not intolerance but confidence. 'Cheaper Drugs and thus less crime: the crime drop's "Philosophers Stone"?' Weisburd D and others. 0 Black Flag, Stockton Police Department, 2003, Reduction Furthermore, in such conditions, long periods of time are spent on disciplinary matters (Bickel & Qualls, 1980; Wu et al., 1982). Los Angeles: Roxbury. Police Chief 67(7):24-29. startxref Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND. In: Reisig MD and Kane RJ, eds. <> Finally, and in conclusion, there is the very real possibility that rather than being about reducing crime, ZT policies are ideological in nature they allow politicians to claim that they are the ones reducing crime by being tough on crime, but in reality, crime is going down anyway because of other reasons. Justice Quarterly, 31(1), pp 79-109. The problem-oriented policing strategy guide describes tips on talking to community members to find out crime-generating problems, which helps identify which behaviors are making community members afraid. Washington , D.C. : Police Executive Research Forum. Crackdowns might also be effective by reducing the numbers of potential offenders and victims coming into contact with one another. Green, L. (1996). Clearly, this snowball effect will not apply to every problem against which crackdowns are directed. Examples of zero tolerance interventions in New York Citypublicized, for example, in former-Superintendent William Brattons book Turnaround (Bratton and Knobler, 1998)were, in fact, quite focused and should be categorized as aspects of other types of strategies. Weisburd, D., and L. Green (1995). Thats why they typically involve guns, drugs, or actions that are sexually threatening like talking about raping a classmate. Campbell, D., and H. Ross (1968). Chermak, McGarrell, and Weiss (2001); Sherman (1990). Among the factors you should consider are the characteristics of the drug sellers, the drug users, and the drug market (including the physical environment); and community attitudes toward the police and drug dealing.68, Drug crackdowns can displace at least some of the market to other locations (or from outdoors to indoors), or cause some buyers to move to new drug markets altogether. [437 0 R 438 0 R 439 0 R 440 0 R 441 0 R 442 0 R 443 0 R 444 0 R 445 0 R 446 0 R 447 0 R 448 0 R 449 0 R 450 0 R] or may report innovative projects. Department, 2002, Return Police Chief 66(7):25-28. Almost anything can be turned into a weapon with intent. Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire. Sheriff's Department, 2002, Summer They range from highly planned, well-coordinated, intensely focused operations in which officers know the operational objectives and perform their duties precisely, to loosely planned initiatives in which officers are given only vague guidance about objectives and tasks, sometimes being told little more than to get out there and make your presence felt. Educators must be educated about how to enforce these policies accurately. Attorneys experienced in civil rights and educational law can explain whatever legal options may be available to use, including suing the school district. Justice Quarterly, 31(1), pp 5-38. Baumer EP and Wolff KT. Clamping down might take the form of on the spot fines, or mandatory jail sentences, as with the three-strikes rule in California. Reduction at Low Income Housing Development, El "Attacking Crime: Policing and Crime Control." Improperly conducted, crackdowns can worsen police-community relations and thereby undermine police legitimacy.22 Indeed, many of the urban riots in U.S. cities in the 1960s were at least partly due to widespread crackdowns in minority neighborhoods.23 Particularly when crackdowns are aimed at street activity, they can be criticized for their disparate impact on the poor, who typically spend more time on the street than do the affluent. Washington , D.C. : U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance. Others don't need to get caught; just hearing about a crackdown deters them. Crackdowns, together with other responses designed to help street prostitutes quit their trade and to alter the environmental conditions in which prostitution flourishes, have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing prostitution and related crime.74, To be fair and effective, crackdowns should target both prostitutes and their clients. But carefully planned crackdowns, well supported by prior problem analysis, implemented with other responses to ensure longer-term gains, and conducted in a way that maintains public support and safeguards civil rights, can be an important and effective part of police strategies regarding a range of crime and disorder problems. "The Effects of Aggressive Policing of Disorder on Serious Crime." London : Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Offender Registration Program, San Diego Police Department, 1995, Sheriff's The adults in that situation felt like the student was making a threatening gesture around other students. NIJ Program Focus. Zero Tolerance Policing involves the police strictly clamping down on minor criminal activities such as littering, begging, graffiti and other forms of antisocial behaviour. Widespread searches of drivers and pedestrianseven focused ones, such as the Kansas City Gun Experimentare the law enforcement equivalent of performing CPR on a communityappropriate for the crime equivalent of cardiac arrest, not for the crime equivalent of a broken leg. xref This also fits in with Broken Windows Theory by focussing on minor crimes, this prevents these spiralling into major crimes, and it fits in with the New Rights view that the state should be tough on crime. Reduction at Low Income Housing Development, Neenah Police Department, 2008, DUI documents are unedited and are reproduced in the condition in which The reasons why a rule is broken rarely matter, which is why there should not be any exceptions under any circumstances. What are the positives and negatives of zero tolerance? 0000002981 00000 n Others are more broadly aimed at deterring a range of illegal and problematic behaviorall crimes, all serious crimes, all calls for police service, etc. Finally, this approach requires regular and accurate monitoring of burglary trends as an early warning system so that the start of any decay in impact can be spotted and acted upon by a re-application of the initial crackdown, which would then be followed by further consolidation work. Given the frequency and expense of crackdowns, the research is quite limited. Children get a taste of what discipline is like for those who are over the age of 18. It is understandable why there is widespread support for zero tolerance: Some marquee policing techniques that have been labeled part of zero tolerance (or, alternatively, as a form of broken windows) are not and actually fall under other policing strategies. (1999). It will be up to you to protect the rights of your child. ZVS not always good for Active Clamp Forward TI provide complete solutions for Active Clamp. (1975). Repeat Offender Programs for Law Enforcement. [Full text]. The sixth-grader was in the districts gifted-and-talented program. It turned out that the child was pretending to be a Power Ranger. There is no consistency applied to zero tolerance rules. Another application of Zero Tolerance is the ASBO you can get an ASBO for antisocial rather than criminal behaviour, and go to jail if you breach it, thus ASBOs police minor acts of deviance. Proponents say that the use of a zero tolerance policy makes it possible for schools to keep the learning environment safer for students. Others extend to larger areaswhole neighborhoods or police districts. 465 0 obj "Impact of Community Policing in Four Houston Neighborhoods." Behavioral Assessment 2:33-41. 'Identifying Classes of Explanations for Crime Drop: Period and Cohort Effects for New York State'. International Journal of Drug Policy, 13(3):189-198. Sherman, L. and D. Rogan. The result was a 49-percent drop in gun crimes in the actioned area in comparison with a control area. One of the primary reasons why there is such resistance to these rules is that parents dont take the time to read through their guidebooks given to them by the school. Following its introduction in 2005, overall recorded crime fell by 25.7 per cent in the three years to 2008 with violent crime falling by 38%. Now take this incident from the perspective of the school. These were not attempts to arrest pedestrians and drivers for any possible misdemeanor, as in zero tolerance. While controversy developed over the strategy, both petty and serious crime dropped when the broken window policing device was once . xX[o6~ .-(:-!]{Pl:*K$'Ohcw>ze27nc"[l:iC Jf(I&1K5U1Ne:|Jou^|x?#Gmw`XhrNY1HY7a6qJ$fp "rMK4{$3XUwgGc59:`z&"01xLr{cIb8 ksU OZ? a@!2>@jky HC1QB&yf At that time, the city was in the grip of a crack-cocaine epidemic and suffered high levels of antisocial and violent crime. New York: Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School. Bottoms (2012) and Welsh and others (2015) provide overviews of the literature on broken windows. One of the main advantages of zero tolerance policing is its effectiveness in reducing crime. Traffic enforcement crackdowns have had mixed results in reducing traffic crashes. The targeting of crime hot spots and the use of problem-solving (. 449 0 obj endobj 1. Eckart, M. (1984). Zero tolerance policies work best when they work to maintain a safe and disciplined learning environment. There are also financial and staffing implications of adopting a cycle of cycle of crackdown and consolidation, and the neighborhood must buy-in to the concepts of the program for it to be effective. 4. Gersh, J., and K. Beardsley (2000). Tip: (2002). fare, commissioned the Zero Tolerance Task Force to ex-amine the evidence concerning the academic and behav-ioral effects of zero tolerance policies. Exactly how much more intensive and extensive police action is required varies from problem to problem, but it must be sufficiently greater than normal to alter offenders' perceptions of risk. "Geography's Impact on the Success of Focused Local Drug Enforcement Operations." Justice Quarterly 12(4):625-648. ), Crime Mapping Case Studies: Successes in the Field, Vol. Karen Walker and Principals' Partnership, Zero tolerance: Advantages and disadvantages. Changing the built environment in an area to make it feel safer and less hospitable to crime and disorder is a problem-oriented policing strategy, known as "crime prevention through environmental design.". As a result of the initiative, merchants reported that business had increased, they felt safer on University Avenue , and they were seeing more families and shoppers on the street. Nevertheless, the approach undoubtedly has the potential to work, although in this instance the consolidation served only to prolong the impact of the initial crackdown, rather than offer a sustainable solution. Does a zero tolerance policy in schools actually work, or does it create a situation where students become more fearful about what might happen to them? Increasing the likelihood that they are caught and jailed will help reduce the crime rate. KvT)NKgDX_gv5(P"4F%v.]6oo,!b(D\|(Zj! (1999). 2. Davis, R., and A. Lurigio (1996). Kelling G and Sousa W. (2001). 0000017656 00000 n Campbell Systematic Reviews. 0000004969 00000 n Street robberies declined. They will make questionable decisions sometimes because of the way that their brains develop while growing up. Kids have been suspended for bringing bags of oregano to school for the same reason. Crime Reduction Plan 91G Squad, Operation <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(digitalcommons@iwu.edu)/Rect[226.3931 83.6367 344.0171 94.1133]/StructParent 14/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> Uchida, Forst, and Annan (1992); Zimmer (1990). Chermak, McGarrell, and Weiss (2001); Caeti (1999); Fritsch, Caeti, and Taylor (1999); Eck and Spelman (1987); Police Foundation (1982); Kelling et al. Many commentators trace zero tolerance policing to the style of policing implemented by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his first . Those interested should read the original study reports to better judge the reliability of the findings and conclusions. This guide deals with crackdowns, a response police commonly use to address crime and disorder problems. They are. endobj Enhanced enforcement and prosecution are intended as measures against persons who have continued to engage in violence and/or other serious crime after being warned (i.e., not all community residents in the area). Among them are zero tolerance and sweeps . The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116(2), pp 379-420. New York : Vera Institute of Justice. Bottoms A. Although there are no definitive definitions of zero tolerance, two commonly used ones are as follows: "Zero tolerance means that a school will automatically and severely punish a student for a variety of infractions" (American Bar Association, 2001); and The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement defined zero Dialect Anthropol, 40, pp 319-339. Wilson, J., and G. Kelling (1982). He mentioned an overall increase in officer resources as a springboard, although the evidence on police numbers suggests targeting of resources is most important (read the research on police numbers and crime rates). 0000039200 00000 n The development of concrete plans for crime reduction. Current Issues in Criminal Justice 13(1): 5-22. One of the alternatives to zero tolerance policing is . The key is to be aware of the various possibilities for displacement, develop intelligence systems that inform you how the problem is shifting, and counteract it if possible. Unless your child has asthma and carries an inhaler, most schools have a policy that prevents them from carrying medication at any time. The essence of this approach is to provide fair, firm, and consistent discipline that keeps kids safe while communicating that there are consequences that happen when illegal or inappropriate behavior occurs. (1975); Kelling et al. Roeder O, Eisen L-B and Bowling J. Displacement occurs when crime patterns (methods, places, or times) change as a result of a crime prevention effort . --- (1992). (2001). Power of Partnerships [Goldstein Award Finalist], London: Institute of Economic Affairs. However, this longer-term solution falls outside the usual bounds of developmental project funding. The Atlantic Magazine, March 1982. First published 1 July 2021 Zero-tolerance policing (ZTP) is a strategy that aims to reduce minor offences and more serious crime through relentless order maintenance and aggressive law enforcement, against even minor disorder and incivilities (Dur and Van Der Weele, 2013). With the Street-Level Drug Enforcement: Examining the Issues . They may use undercover or plainclothes officers working with uniformed police, and may involve other official actions in addition to arrests. It removes offenders from the classroom and allows administrators to act quickly with discipline based on school policies. 39, No. (2015). Washington , D.C. : U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. This tendency for short-term impact does not necessarily make crackdowns inadvisable: for some problems and some areas, even short-term relief can justify the effort, particularly if that relief creates new opportunities to implement longer-term responses. Bowling B. Youth Crime and Anti-Social Behavior on London's Buses [Goldstein Award Finalist], Transport for London Operation Hot Pipe, Smoky Haze, and Rehab. Ross, H. (1994). Gateway Neighborhood Recovery Project, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, 0000005667 00000 n In the workplace, zero-tolerance policies typically result in termination for a first infraction. Aitken, C., D. Moore, P. Higgs, J. Kelsall, and M. Kerger (2002). 442 0 obj 0000017840 00000 n Washington , D.C. : Police Foundation. Kim J, Bushway S and Tsao HS. Officers established the area as a high-intensity zone and warned drug users that they would arrest them for any and all crimes committed there. Fixture, Lancashire Constabulary, 2003, Operation A custodial sentence, particularly for j Zero Tolerance improves the standard of policing. 15. "The Tri-Agency Resource Gang Enforcement Team: A Selective Approach to Reduce Gang Crime." Both types are intended to make potential offenders think they are more likely than usual to get caught. Anthony Ruelas was 15 years old and attending school in Killeen Texas. To learn more about this strategy, see the in-depth essay and references. 'Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety'. Davis and Lurigio (1996); Worden, Bynum, and Frank (1994). For example, if police make full-blown custodial arrests of all offenders, they risk reducing the police presence in the target area when they leave it to book prisoners. Sampson and Cohen (1988); Wilson and Boland (1978). Park 2004, Lancashire Constabulary, 2005, Kingsway Thats not to say that there isnt a place for this approach in some situations. Sherman, L., and D. Rogan (1995). One of the keys to effective deterrence in the Boston Gun Violence Project was how officials personally and persuasively told high-risk offenders about the new consequences for violent acts (Kennedy et al. 4, 2016, pp. "Blowing Smoke: An Evaluation of Marijuana Eradication in Kentucky ." In addition to officer wages, crackdowns generate higher costs for booking prisoners, processing arrest files, and processing cases through the legal system, and may incur new equipment and training costs. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Contents(Life Sciences Commons)/Rect[309.9434 285.2797 430.6465 296.9203]/StructParent 9/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> While the crackdown achieves its objective of reducing the visible aspects of the street drug scene, the market rapidly adapts to its new conditions. 2001). We hope that this toolkit has made clear that being proactive in preventing crime does not (and should not) simply mean zero tolerance and aggressive policing. The Impact of a Police Crackdown on a Street Drug Scene: Evidence From the Street. Area Cadillac/Corning Neighborhood Project, Department of Justice COPS Response Center, Yes, spatial displacement to adjacent precincts, No, but had a positive effect on public perceptions of safety, No, increased citizen satisfaction with police, No, did not reduce robbery or auto theft or have any measurable effect on traffic crashes, High volume of traffic stops in drug market areas; aggressive traffic enforcement; field interviews; street- level drug enforcement; follow-up investigation of arrestees; case- building, Yes, reduced burglary in three out of four districts; reduced robbery in one out of four; reduced auto theft in all four (by 43%, 50%, and 53% in three districts), while the citywide crime rate was climbing, Saturation patrol (four times the normal level, and 30 times the normal level of "slow patrol"), Yes, reduced nighttime, but not daytime, burglary; concluded that the crackdown was not cost-effective, All crimes (specially intended to reduce crimes considered suppressible: burglary; street and commercial robbery; assault; auto theft; thefts from yards, autos, or buildings; DUI; possession of stolen property or weapons; and disorderly conduct), Aggressive traffic enforcement, especially of speeding, signal violations, seat belt violations, DUI, and license and registration violations; from 140% to 430% increase above normal levels, Mixed results: there were significant reductions in Part I crimes (mainly burglary and larceny) in three out of four target areas, but there was less evidence of a significant impact on assaults and Part II offenses, Yes, but the effect was modest; concluded the crackdown was not cost- effective, Subway patrol by Guardian Angels (private patrol force), No, but there was a short-term reduction in citizen fear, Overtime to put 655 additional officers in the seven highest crime beats in the city; high-visibility patrol; hot-spot monitoring; zero tolerance; problem-oriented approaches, Yes, there were significant reductions in UCR Index crimes, No displacement; some diffusion of benefits to adjacent areas, Assault, malicious damage to property, and offensive conduct, Regular but unpredictable visits to licensed premises to check for breaches of licensing laws, Raids; arrests of burglary suspects; seizure of stolen property, West Yorkshire, England (Boggart Hill area), Targeted and intensive enforcement against known burglars, followed by repeat victimization reduction efforts (target hardening, educating elderly potential victims of burglary by deception) and youth outreach programs, Yes, there was a significant reduction in burglary and repeat victimization, No evidence of spatial displacement; some evidence of diffusion of benefits to other types of crime (auto theft), Intense intermittent patrol at known hot spots (100% increase in patrol time at hot spots), Yes, there was a modest effect (25% less disorder at hot spots), Identification and analysis of drug hot spots; engagement of business owners and citizens in crime control efforts; increased pressure on open-air markets (through drug enforcement, code enforcement, license regulation), maintained by patrol, Yes, there were consistent and strong impacts in reducing disorder-related emergency calls for service, but there was no impact on violent or property offenses, No evidence of displacement; some evidence of diffusion of benefits to adjacent areas, Enforcement of truancy and curfew laws; high- visibility patrol, with lots of stops and frisks by six to eight officers in areas where gangs hung out, Yes, there were significant reductions in gang violence, Two alternative interventions: 1) increased traffic enforcement on major arteries, with lots of stops of limited duration (general deterrence strategy); 2) traffic stops of suspected gang members and drug dealers, of longer duration, with more investigation and vehicle searches, Yes, the second intervention tactic resulted in significant reductions in gun-related crimes, aggravated assault, and homicide; there were no similar reductions resulting from the first intervention tactic, Little evidence of displacement; no evidence of geographic diffusion of benefits; modest evidence of residual deterrence effects 90 days after intervention, No, evidence of high level of public support both before and after intervention, Intensive enforcement of gun- carrying laws (Terry stops, searches incident to arrest, car stops and searches, plain-view searches,); door-to-door solicitation of tips; police training to interpret gun-carrying cues; field interviews in known gun crime hot spots, Yes, there was a 49% reduction in gun crimes in the target area during the intervention period, compared with the prior 29-week period; there were declines in both drive-by shootings and homicides; there was no apparent effect on total calls for service, other violence calls, property offenses, or disorder; the community became less fearful of crime and more satisfied with the neighborhood, Yes, modest spatial displacement; some evidence of diffusion of benefits to two adjoining beats, Extra dedicated police patrols on high-crime days of week and times of day for 14 weeks; traffic and pedestrian stops and searches; targeting of hot spots and times based on crime analysis, Yes, reduced shots fired by 34% and hospital-treated assault gunshot injuries by 71%, No evidence of temporal or spatial displacement; residual deterrence effects lasted about two weeks, No, no reported citizen complaints against police, Locating, cutting down, and burning marijuana plants; asset seizure and forfeiture; drug enforcement, No (but the methodology limited the findings), Public disorder (street cruising, loud music, and public drinking), Liquor license agents issued citations for open containers and other alcohol violations; local police parked police cars at intersections to monitor cruising; lasted for one month in 10-by-12- block area; no media publicity, Extra police patrols put on subways from 8 PM to 4 AM ; nearly every station and train had a uniformed officer on duty; total transit system police force increased by 250%, Yes, minor offenses and felonies declined significantly due to increased patrol, but at substantial extra cost (about $35,000 per felony crime prevented); there was some question as to whether police reporting procedures accounted for some of the claimed reduction, No displacement; residual deterrence effects for eight months, Robbery, burglary, grand theft, petty theft, auto theft, assault/ battery, sex crimes, and malicious mischief/ disturbances, Yes (there was some evidence that burglary, petty theft, and malicious mischief/disturbances are the most suppressible), Stiffer sanctions for speeding convictions: 30-day license suspensions for first offense, 60 for second, indefinite for third, Not definitive; the overall conclusion was that the crackdown was a substantial enforcement effort, but some of its effects were mitigated in practice, Speeding and other traffic problems, crime, and disorder and blight, Saturation patrol by about 30 officers/agents from various agencies; about 10 times the normal level of police activity in the area; traffic unit focused on traffic problems; alcohol agents worked bars; sheriff's deputies supervised inmates doing community service; traffic arrests increased tenfold; police made highly visible arrests in well-traveled parking lot at major intersection, Yes, there was some evidence of a modest effect on reported crime; unable to measure the effect on traffic crashes (weak evaluation), Regular patrol supplemented by specialized units (10 times the normal level); field interviews; citations; surveillance; arrest of street drug dealers and buyers; high-visibility presence (including setting up a mobile police command post); code enforcement; cleanup; public works repairs; trimming of foliage, Yes, total reported Part I offenses and violent crime declined significantly (by 92%) during the crackdown period and rates were unchanged in the comparison area; Part I property crimes and calls for service declined, but not significantly, No spatial displacement of crimes, but significant displacement of calls for service to adjacent areas; some evidence of diffusion of benefits to adjacent areas; residual deterrence effects lasted about six months, Buy-busts and high police visibility in hot spots with high mobility; vehicle seizures and confiscations; initial crackdown operation never lasted longer than 90 days in an area, but maintenance crackdowns occurred as necessary; initiative claimed to incorporate community involvement and interagency collaboration to address drug market conditions, but there is little evidence this occurred, There was a limited impact; there was an immediate benefit, but conditions returned to normal soon after the TNTs left; there were no measurable effects on public perceptions of crime, quality of life, or police-community relations; there was some increase in fear because drug dealing moved indoors to apartment hallways; there were some positive effects in making drug markets less visible in the target blocks, Yes, some displacement to indoor locations, No, some evidence community was largely unaware of crackdown in their neighbor-hood; community leaders generally supportive of crackdown, Operation Pressure Point (two smaller Pressure Point operations conducted in subsequent years), 240 uniformed officers on foot patrol to disperse crowds; increased arrests; field interviews; warnings and parking tickets; searches; mounted park patrols; canine units to clear buildings; surveillance and buy-busts; anonymous tip lines; raids on dealing locations; asset forfeiture; increased likelihood of conviction and severity of sentences; custodial arrests made instead of citing and releasing; additional responses to address environmental conditions, Yes, the search time for drugs increased; there was a reduction in heroin-related street activity; there were reductions in selected crime rates: burglary (37%), robbery (47%), grand larceny (32%), and homicide (62%); the neighborhood was revitalized; there was an increased demand for drug treatment, Mixed evidence: one study reported no spatial displacement, another reported displacement to other areas in and around city; some evidence of diffusion of benefits to adjacent areas, Observation by four 10-officer teams; arrests for drug dealing, public drinking, etc. Policing device was once and Neighborhood safety ' also be effective by the. 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