Becky Haas oversees Community Crime Prevention Programs for the Johnson City Police Department. Hired in 2012 as the Targeted Community Crime Reduction Project (TCCRP) Director to administer an $800,000 grant where under her direction, a collaborative of 35 agencies provided 19 programs to reduce drug related and violent crime. One program was the creation of the Day Reporting Center (DRC), a first probation program of its kind in the state. Upon completion of the grant, the TN Department of Corrections acquired the DRC and is replicating it – by opening five other DRC’s during 2017. In 2014 the TCCRP won national recognition by receiving the “Outstanding Criminal Justice Program of the Year Award” for the southern region from the National Criminal Justice Association. 

Panel: Exploring and Supporting In-Sector Transformation—Law Enforcement