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Operation Night Light  

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  • In the early 1990s, Boston experienced a dramatic growth in gang-related violence and youth victimization. Boston's Operation Night Light, an enhanced supervision program, is considered one of the first formalized partnerships between police and probation officers in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Boston's Operation Night Light]

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