Mr. Aryani is a Vibhooti Shukla Fellow at the University of Texas' School of Social Sciences in Dallas, Texas, and a board member of Rockwall County Crime Stoppers.	Sergeant Carl L. Alsabrook commands the Community Services Division of the Rockwall, Texas, Police Department and coordinates Rockwall County Crime Stoppers.	Lieutenant Terry D. Garrett heads the Uniformed Services Division of the Rockwall, Texas, Police Department

of the Scholastic Crime Stoppers program in Boulder spread slowly, but steadily, to other schools around the country.

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

The successful implementation of a Scholastic Crime Stoppers program depends on the commitment of the agency, the campus administrators, and the students. In addition, the support and commitment of a local community Crime Stoppers program can help the Scholastic Crime Stoppers program to succeed.

Agency Commitment

Members of a law enforcement agency seeking to establish a Scholastic Crime Stoppers program must obtain the support of their administrators. The agency member proposing the implementation of such a program should present the program’s concept to the agency head and the command staff. Ideally, that member should provide administrators with information and statistics about Scholastic Crime Stoppers from other jurisdictions. Once implemented, the command staff of the crime prevention and detective divisions should stay involved in the program and keep informed of program activities and resulting statistics. The agency’s successful, full-time commitment to the program occurs with the proper selection of a program coordinator. Generally, an agency’s resident school resource officer (SRO) fills the coordinator’s role because the officer knows the campus, the administrators, and the students. If an agency does not employ SROs, then a senior police officer from the crime prevention or detective division should fill the coordinator’s position.

The coordinator should possess excellent human interaction and media relations skills to ease communication with the campus administrators, the faculty, and the public. Such officers should be organized and work well with juveniles. Most important, to establish a trusting relationship with the students, they must respect the students’ sovereignty. A large amount of patience, ethics, and integrity, as well as respect for anonymity, represent essential character virtues of these officers.

Functionally, the coordinator attends all student board meetings as a nonvoting member and informs and instructs board members about crimes that occurred and laws that students violated, as well as keeping the members abreast of legal developments, such as case law and penal statutes. During board meetings, members should make recommendations for reward payouts for successful tips. If requested, the coordinator can help with fundraisers and public relations events promoting the program. Also, the