Operation Safe Streets

 In June 1997, the Governor’s Task Force on Violent Crime implemented Operation Safe Streets (OSS), a partnership among the Wilmington Police

Department, the Department of Correction, and Youth Rehabilitative Services.

Police and probation officers, together, make unannounced, evening home visits to probationers who have violent criminal histories to closely monitor their compliance with Court Ordered curfews. If a probationer is found not complying, a warrant is issued; he or she is arrested and removed from the community. The program’s goal is to reduce crime. Recent change to this initiative has resulted in transfer of the unit to the Wilmington area. OSS officers provide case management as well as enforcement.