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September 30, 2008
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Truancy increasing juvenile crime in metro areas http://www.privateofficer.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn Sept 30 2008
By: Rick McCann
NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS
Starting Monday, Metro Police will launch a new plan designed to lower juvenile crime.
Police say that recent crime numbers indicate that the major factor behind the problem is truancy.
Police say that recent crime numbers indicate that the major factor behind the problem is truancy.
That’s why investigators at the Hermitage precinct have identified ten juveniles they believe cause the most problems in that part of town.
Other metro areas including Atlanta Georgia and Birmingham Alabama have also seen a spike in daytime burglaries, car thefts, shoplifting, and robberies that they have attributed to juveniles and they have also initiated a zero tolerance truancy policy.
Recently in DeKalb County Georgia, a neighboring Atlanta community, police rounded up 16 parents and charged them with contributing to their children’s truancy.
Other metro areas including Atlanta Georgia and Birmingham Alabama have also seen a spike in daytime burglaries, car thefts, shoplifting, and robberies that they have attributed to juveniles and they have also initiated a zero tolerance truancy policy.
Recently in DeKalb County Georgia, a neighboring Atlanta community, police rounded up 16 parents and charged them with contributing to their children’s truancy.
Other states have also begun taking hard stance on repeat truancy and arresting parents.
But police say it’s not about the child who might miss a day here or there due to illness but it’s the student who is missing thirty and forty days that they want to crack down on.
Now Nashville officers will start calling schools making sure that the students that they have identified as truancy problems are in class. If they are not, officers will check their homes or even search the neighborhood.
Police in many metro areas admit they also have seen crime increase during the daytime hours that they believe is related to truant juveniles and they are already putting together plans to combat it.
Now Nashville officers will start calling schools making sure that the students that they have identified as truancy problems are in class. If they are not, officers will check their homes or even search the neighborhood.
Police in many metro areas admit they also have seen crime increase during the daytime hours that they believe is related to truant juveniles and they are already putting together plans to combat it.
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