LOCATION: Manhattan North, covering 59^th Street to the northern tip of Manhattan on the East and West Sides

TYPE OF INITIATIVE: Truancy Sweep

358 YOUTHS ARE PICKED UP ON  FRIDAY DURING A TRUANCY SWEEP NORTH OF 59^TH STREET IN MANHATTAN

In an effort to keep crime down on Friday, June 5th, the police in Manhattan North, Manhattan North Precincts, Housing Service Areas 5 & 6, Transit Districts 1, 3 and 4 and School Safety Patrol conducted a truancy initiative, picking up 358 truants, many of whom were returned to school. 

One of the major advantages of truancy initiatives is its ability to deter criminal activity involving youth, since perpetrators are less likely to commit crimes when being watched. On Friday, June 5^th, there were no robbery or grand larceny incidents reported involving youths in Manhattan North.

•  Truancy Sweeps serve an array of purposes: 
• They make students aware that they are being watched which often encourages them to stay in school and pursue their studies;
• They help identify children with problems, as drug or alcohol abuse, so the children can receive the proper services;
• They reduce the likelihood of juveniles engaging in criminal mischief, and others from being victimized; and
• They result in unanticipated arrests, as in the arrest of:  a 21 year old man for promoting truancy and endangering the welfare of 25 youths; an 18 year old with a loaded hand gun and 100 bags of marijuana in his back pack; and two sex offenders.   

For further details go to www.SUNnyc.org , click “SUN Communications Archive,” and view entries under Special Initiatives and Rape/Pedophilia/Other Sex Crimes or see the following links:

http://www.plgnyc.org/viewpost.php?id=156

http://www.plgnyc.org/viewpost.php?id=25

http://www.plgnyc.org/viewpost.php?id=42

http://www.plgnyc.org/viewpost.php?id=41

Safety Tips and Resources:

 1.      Reporting Incidents: SUN encourages parents, schools and community members to report criminal and suspicious activity to the police immediately. Unfortunately people are not always willing to provide information directly to the police.  In such cases, SUN transmits reports we receive of suspicious activity and crime to appropriate decision makers in the NYPD for their prompt attention.

To submit a report to SUN visit  www.SUNnyc.org  and click “Report an Incident” at the top of the page.

Information can also be submitted anonymously by omitting the personal details requested in the report; or you can provide your personal information to SUN should follow up be required, and request it be kept confidential.  For further information see our Privacy Policy   

Important: SUN adheres to a strict privacy policy.
Incident reports received from you are NOT shared with the public. 

This information is used for the purpose of helping:

·          Prevent and solve crimes; and

·          Direct at risk youths to effective resources. 

2.      Receive free SUN Alerts: with important safety information to help protect your children, including verified reports from the NYPD.  Log onto www.SUNnyc.org and click: “Receive E-Mail Alerts” at the top of the page. 

3.       UPDATED FOR 2009: For locations of Safe Corridors, Crossing Guards & Parent Patrols on the Upper East and West Sides, Morningside Heights, from West 110^th-130^th Street and parts of East Harlem see SUN’s Safety Patrol Maps at www.SUNnyc.org

       For more of SUN’s safety tips and resources visit SUN’s Communications Archive on our website.

 SUN provides a positive and cooperative approach in addressing the safety of our kids; and seeks effective resources to steer “at risk youths” in an effort to prevent delinquency.

The more parents and school staff members who join, the safer our children will be.

To arrange for a presentation of the Schools Unite Network "SUN" for parents and school administrators, contact us at info@SUNnyc.org 

Special thanks to NYC Council Members Robert Jackson, Gale Brewer, Daniel Garodnick, and NYS Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal for their support of the SUN initiative.

 SUN is a program of the Police Liaison Group, Inc., a 501 (c )(3) nonprofit organization established in 1993 to improve the quality of life and safety of New York City by working with schools, communities, businesses, the NYPD and any other necessary governmental and nongovernmental agencies.