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HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT

HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT. TRUANCY REDUCTION PILOT PROGRAM. Truancy Unit. The Hartford Police Department Truancy Reduction Program was formed under the leadership of Chief Daryl K. Roberts.

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HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT

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  1. HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT TRUANCY REDUCTION PILOT PROGRAM

  2. Truancy Unit The Hartford Police Department Truancy Reduction Program was formed under the leadership of Chief Daryl K. Roberts. The Truancy Unit is part of the Juvenile Investigative Division and was tasked with developing a truancy model for the police department.

  3. Truancy Overview • Truancy has been linked to delinquent behavior in many national studies. • The national Center for School Engagement reported a significant connection between truancy and juvenile delinquency.

  4. Truancy and Delinquency Young people who skip school also engage in a number of risky behaviors. Adolescent Health Survey data show school problems, including truancy, to be related to weapon related violence, suicidal thoughts and attempts, and early sexual intercourse. The effects hold for the population in general, and for almost every combination of ethnic group and risk factor (Blum et al., 2000)1. 1Blum, R.W, T. Beuhring & P.M. Rienehart. (2000). Protecting teens: Beyond race, income and family structure. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota.

  5. Juvenile Investigative Division Truancy Unit Police Case Managers • Commander: Lieutenant Tedeschi • Supervisor: Sergeant Eisele • Supervisor: Sergeant Hightower • Detective: Dubose-Watson • Detective: Gogins • Officer: Mordasiewicz • Officer: Jimenez • Liaison: Ms. J. Bethea

  6. Truancy Unit Operational Component • Commander JID Lieutenant Mark J. Tedeschi • Supervisors Sergeant Matt Eisele Sergeant Emory Hightower • Truancy Detectives Detective Cheryl Gogins Detective Francis Dubose-Watson

  7. Truancy Unit Operational Component Cont. • Truancy Officers Officer Nicole Mordasiewicz Officer Ivy Jimenez • Truancy Liaison Person Ms. Jacqueline Bethea • JID Detectives

  8. Truancy Unit Administrative Component • Public Information Officer Nancy Mulroy • Community Relations Specialist Richard LeGrier • Board of Education Liaison Andrea Comer

  9. Truancy Reduction Pilot ProgramHierarchy Chart

  10. Pilot Program Inception • Truancy Reduction Pilot Program initiated on February 13, 2007 • Truancy Reduction Pilot Program trial stage ended on June 22, 2007

  11. Truancy Corporate Sponsorship • The Travelers Connecticut Foundation provided funding for HPD’s Truancy Reduction program • $150,000 was committed to fund the Truancy Program

  12. Truancy Definition • Truant:A student who has four (4)or more unexcused absences from school in any one month or ten or more unexcused absences in a school year • Habitually Truant: A student who has twenty (20) or more unexcused absences in a school year

  13. Pilot Program Tracking • One hundred-ten students were selected to participate in the pilot program • Seventy-three students completed pilot program Active Track • Thirty-seven students referred during the program Inactive Track

  14. Pilot Program Successes/Outcomes • 79.4% attendance improvement for all actively tracked students • Unexcused absences were reduced by 863 days • Preventative Truancy Loss and Overall savings of $71,024.90

  15. Pilot Program Successes/Outcomes • 63% attendance improvement of participating students • There was a 41% reduction in unexcused absences • Attendance was increased by an average of 11 days per student

  16. Program Incentives • Levels 1 – 4 • 30 day reward – Sally’s Fish House • 60 day reward – Concert and Theater Tickets • 90 day reward – Bowl–A-Rama • 120 day reward – Lake Compounce and Award Ceremony

  17. CompStat Model: Five Basic Principles • Specific Objectives Operational and Administrative • Timely and Accurate Data Collection Truancy Reduction Application Computer SystemTRACS • Effective Strategies • Implementing Work Effort • Assessment and Follow-up

  18. Three Stage Process • Phase I: Truancy Reduction Pilot Program • Phase II: Truancy Reduction Program Summer School Initiative • Phase III: Truancy Reduction Program full academic year 2007/08

  19. Attendance Improvement by Student

  20. Absence Reduction Rate

  21. Pilot Program Schools • Thirman L. Milner Elementary School • Barnard Brown Elementary School • Quirk Middle School • Fox Middle School • Hartford Public High School • Weaver High School

  22. Preventative Truancy Loss and Overall Savings (PTL/OS)

  23. Proposals and Recommendations • Include HPD School Crossing Guards • Improve communications between police and school • Maintain parental involvement • Develop consortium of police, school, social service and community

  24. Proposals and Recommendations • Continue to reward with incentives • Integrate databases (police/school) • Continue media marketing campaign

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