At the July 21 Tucson City Council meeting, Police Chief Monica Prieto introduced a new six-month pilot program aimed to connect repeat offenders with services.
The initiative, called Top Repeat Offenders Analysis and Intervention Program (TROAI), will focus on 50 people who have had repeated police contacts for chronic quality of life offenses and committed 6 to 14 misdemeanors in the last 12 months. Such crimes include trespassing, disorderly conduct, shoplifting, solicitation, loitering, possession of drug paraphernalia, public urination and median violations.
“This program was born out of the realization that there are numerous community members that are stuck in a cycle of low-level criminal activity,” Prieto said. “The same individuals are repeatedly cycling through our justice system without meaningful improvement.”
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