Not satisfied with just a misdemeanor arrest, they interrogated the boy, who led them to several friends he identified as neighborhood troublemakers.
The study concluded that cleaning up the physical environment is more effective than misdemeanor arrests, and that increasing social services had no effect.
Last year, there were 561 felony and misdemeanor arrests on fireworks-related charges.
In his career, he has made 97 felony arrests and 16 misdemeanor arrests.
For which one of the following misdemeanor arrests being processed may a desk appearance ticket be issued, if otherwise qualified?
Under his rating system, summonses and misdemeanor arrests generally counted for one point each.
The burden of misdemeanor arrests had prompted the police to issue more summonses, which are largely ignored.
This year, during the same period, 34,604 desk-appearance tickets were issued, which represented about half the misdemeanor arrests.
During the same period, the number of misdemeanor arrests rose by 64 percent.
At the same time, misdemeanor arrests have dropped 4 percent to 21,955 arrests.