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... One particular program utilized in San Jose is the Truancy Abatement Burglary Suppression program (TABS). An analysis of the TABS program and its staff found surprising proof that the TABS program has plenty of room for improvement, yet the San Jose police departments’ TABS program, has been successful in lowering the daytime residential burglary rate. Although it has lowered the burglary rate, a strong point can be made that the San Jose TABS program needs to employ more motivated staff to be more effective in keeping truant kids in school.
WHAT IS TABS?
TABS is part of the San Jose Police Departments’ community policing program. ... org/tabs). Initially TABS was funded by the state of California Juvenile Justice Commission. ... The police department is responsible for two TABS centers, in cooperation with schools and juvenile probation. The main goals of the TABS program are to reduce truancy and crime, as well as to reduce the potential for youth victimization (www. ... org/tabs). ...
TABS is operated out of the school liaison unit of the San Jose police department. ... The police departments volunteer program, VOLT, recruits interns and volunteers to participate in the TABS program. ...
The police that work for TABS do an excellent job in getting juveniles back to school, but only temporarily. ... The program focuses on producing numbers, according to Bruce Alexander, the officer in charge of the East Side TABS center. ...
Officer Alexander states that communities certainly profit from the TABS program. Other San Jose officials believe TABS is a good program as well. ...
THE PROBLEM WITH TABS
Bruce Alexander, the officer in charge of the East side TABS center noted that the TABS program needs a qualified and motivated staff in order for the program to be successful.
Approximate Word count = 1415
Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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