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Prince George’s County, Maryland…Prince George’s County Police Chief Melvin C. High said in support of county schools’ efforts
to reduce truancy, Assistant Chief Roberto Hylton has expanded the truancy pilot program begun in District II to include all
of the six police districts. In the program, officers, when not responding to citizen calls for service, have been instructed
to be on the lookout for young people of school-age who are off of school property and who appear to be truant. Students found
to be truant will be documented and escorted back to school and released to the appropriate school administrator. The total
results have been compiled weekly beginning with the week of February 26, 2007.
The results of truancy enforcement for the week of April 23 – April 27, 2007 are as follows:
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District I
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School
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Truants
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J-2
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J-1
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Northwestern HS
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13
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13
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0
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Parkdale HS
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1
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1
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0
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Bladensburg HS
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10
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10
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0
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Bucklodge MS
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3
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3
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0
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|
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Charles Carroll MS
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0
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0
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0
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|
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Nicholas Orem
MS
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1
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1
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0
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William Wirt MS
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1
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1
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|
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Total
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29
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29
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0
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School
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Truants
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J-2
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J-1
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District II
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Charles Flowers HS
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7
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7
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0
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Duval HS
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7
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6
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1
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Eleanor Roosevelt HS
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0
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0
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0
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Largo HS
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9
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8
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1
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Total
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23
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21
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2
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School
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Truants
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J-2
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J-1
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District III
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Fairmont
Heights
HS
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3
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2
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1
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Suitland HS
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17
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18
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0
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|
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Andrew Jackson MS
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0
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0
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0
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Central HS
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1
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1
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0
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Forestville Military
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0
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0
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0
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Total
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21
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21
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1
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School
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Truants
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J-2
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J-1
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District IV
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Crossland HS
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1
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0
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1
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Oxon Hill HS
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0
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0
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0
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Potomac HS
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0
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0
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0
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Friendly HS
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0
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0
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0
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Total
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1
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0
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1
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There were no truants documented in District V for this week’s report.
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School
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Truants
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J-2
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J-1
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District V
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Isaac Gourdine MS
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0
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0
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0
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Surrattsville HS
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0
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0
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0
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Gwynn
Park
HS
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0
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0
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0
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Total
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0
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0
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0
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District VI
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School
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Truants
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J-2
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J-1
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High
Point
HS
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3
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3
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0
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Laurel
HS
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0
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0
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0
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Total
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3
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3
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0
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TOTALS
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25
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77
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74
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4
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Cumulative from 2-26-07
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N/A
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590
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628
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23
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In 2006, the total juvenile contact DURING school hours was 2,432 – 1,731 of which were juvenile arrests. The remaining 701
were documented contacts with juveniles where no arrest occurred. During NON-school hours, the total juvenile contact was
2,490 – 1,530 of which were juvenile arrests. Another 960 juvenile contacts were documented and recorded. Police officers
document all contact with juveniles that do not lead to an arrest on a J-2 form. A J-1 form is used when a juvenile is arrested.
The Truancy Program is coordinated by Captain Rex Barrett, Commander of the
Prince George
’s County Police Department’s Youth and Family Services Division.
For more information, call the
Prince George
’s County Police Department’s
Press Information Office at (301) 772-4710.
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