Mariah Coney

4-29-2016
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As the new lieutenant who has actively researched the recent incline of violent crime rates, I would like to say it is time for a change.

Civilians To Cops (C2C) is a program whose goal is to not only reduce the incline of violent crime rates by establishing trust amongst officers

and young civilians through mentoring and having quality time or establishing a positive presence in the community, but to familiarize the

community with the idea of police legitimacy and increase community knowledge about police activities, where civilians will no longer be afraid

to reach out to officers in their time of need.

It is impossible to reach goals without objectives which will allow this plan to become an action. Objectives are important because they

will focus on the intricate layers of achieving the desired outcomes. Creating a budget and measurable timeline are two objectives that are to be

taken into consideration when implementing C2C. Being that the ultimate goal is to reduce violent crime rates a timeline will be created in order

to provide statistics and proof of this programs success. Budgeting for C2C is relevant because officers will need a safe zone to be with their

mentees while providing them with the tools they need in order to be law abiding citizens in society. The budget will include the amount it takes

to rent out safe spaces for the mentor and mentee, food costs, and money for activities that will involve the families of the mentees and officers.

Desired long-term (one year) outcomes of C2C are the reductions of violent crime which will be measured by data collected from the NIBRS; the

use of skills learned in mentoring that will be provided based on quarterly report card conduct scorings, and the overall reduction of crime rates

that will be witnessed through looking into the UCR.

Making sure this program works is important for time, budgeting, but mostly societal reasons. If the violent crime rate has not

substantially decreased in the 1 year that it will be given and the conduct of those that have been a part of the program has not shown
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improvement in the first two quarters of the school year, the next step will be the reevaluate the program. Identifying the issue will be the

first step before going in to see what can be done differently. Because officers are in constant contact with civilians, they are not required to go

through training that will teach them how to interact with children the first time this program is implemented, but if not proven to work, training

for officers will be mandatory twice a week for five months, along with the application for more grant money that will be needed in order to make

this program better as far as the places the mentor and mentees meet or an improved environment. The amount of times they meet will increase to

three times a week.

An evidence- based program that supports C2C is the Big Brothers Big Sister (BBBS) Community- Based Mentoring (CBM) Program

http://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=112 . BBBS is a mentoring program that allows civilians to mentor the youth in order to

enforce positive contacts in their life. This program is presented by http://www.crimesolutions.gov/default.aspx which allows programs to go

through an eight step process in order to see where they fall in the success category.

Empirical evidence has been provided in order to further understand how effective BBBS has been proven to be. A study was conducted

by Tierney, Grossman, and Resch that included children from the ages of 10-16 who were either from low income or single parent homes. The

study took place over an 18 month period that included 12 months of mentoring at eight different BBBS locations. An analysis model was used to

form a conclusion in the effects of BBBS for 18 months while using controlled baseline variables. Another study that explains the importance of

mentoring can be found in and Community Mentoring: A Tool for Successful Communities is an article that was written by Kathryn E. Dodge,
where she begins by breaking down into sections that all tie together in order to elaborate on the importance and effects of community mentoring.

Dodge also revealed the different ways that mentoring can take place. With this, she was able to form a solid conclusion that, Community

mentoring is most successful when the mentor is respected in the community, treats the mentee with respect, and respects the mentee's decision.

(Dodge, 2015).

The EBP, Big Brothers Big Sister (BBBS) Community- Based Mentoring (CBM) Program fits the objectives of C2C because it hopes to

reduce violent crime, allows young people to see that they have someone to talk to by getting civilian mentors involved and positively alters the

views of the community. C2C is different because the program takes BBBS a step further by having the actual mentors be officers who will share

and ultimately help improve the lives of the children and their families. Allowing the youth to see that different paths can be taken other than

those they believe are set out for them is important and what this program strives to do. C2C also allows officers to be the face of the community

while strengthening legitimacy in the eyes of society.

When implementing programs it is important to know where the funding is coming from. Funding plays a big part in the success of a

program because of the different needs that need to be met. Being that this is a program for juveniles the funding will be coming from the Office

of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) http://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/funding.html. Smart on Juvenile Justice: Statewide

Juvenile Justice Reform Planning will be the Grant requested and utilized in order to help C2C thrive as far as providing money for food,

activities, and safe meeting locations. Another Grant form that can be used is a discretionary grant but that will be requested and used as a backup

because it is given on a competitive basis.

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Logic Model
INPUTS ACTIVITIES PARTICIPANTS OUTPUTS OUTCOMES
Intervention 6 months Long-term
Year (Short) (Medium) 1 year
What we invest: What we do? Who we reach? 1.A successful What the short What the medium What the long term
program term results are: term results are: results are:
1.Officers 1.Provide 1.Young Civilians
mentoring, which (ages 10-18) 2. Character 1.Change attitude 1. Positively alter 1.Reduce the rates
2. Money includes helping building for those behaviors of of violent crime
with homework, to 2. Grant providers in the community 2. Increase trust citizens who once between the years
3. Time juveniles (ages 10- to become aware amongst civilians doubted officer of 2017-2018;
18) 3. Public (parents/ of the importance and officers actions by measured by the
4. Materials (food, guardians) of police activity. connecting with NIBRS
meeting location, 2. Establish a 3. Opinions of the community.
activities) positive presence 4. Children (10- 3. Hours of police community 2.Use of skills that
in the community 18) interaction to build members who 2. Establish the were introduced in
5. Young civilians legitimacy in the believe the police presence of order to overcome
3. Increase community. are not set in authority and adversity by
knowledge about place to help understanding in collecting report
the role officers 4. Relationships the community cards on a
play and the between quarterly basis
hardships they community 3. Views on
face while on the members and mentoring will be 3.Reduction of
job officers affected in a overall crime
positive light by measured
5. Career more parents/ between the by
opportunities for guardians allowing the years of 2017-
the civilians who their children to be 2018 UCR
interact and a part of the
become aware of program.
the changes that
need to be made
in order to meet
officer potential
criteria.

ASSUMPTIONS EXTERNAL FACTORS

Boddy, J., Agllias, K., & Gray, M. (2012). Mentoring in social work: key findings from a women's community-based mentoring program. Journal
Of Social Work Practice, 26(3), 385-405 21p. doi:10.1080/02650533.2012.670103

Dodge, K. E. (2015). Community Mentoring: A Tool for Successful Communities. Journal Of Extension, 53(1).

Tierney, J. P., Grossman, J. B., and Resch, N. L. 2000. Making a Difference: An Impact Study of Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Philadelphia, Pa.:
Public/Private Ventures