THIS FIRST YEAR EVALUATION, AS ITS PRIMARY INTENT, DOCUMENTS THE ANTI-ROBBERY PROJECT'S PROGRESS TOWARD THE PRESCRIBED GOALS OF A 10 PERCENT REDUCTION IN COMMERCIAL ROBBERIES AND A 5 PERCENT REDUCTION IN OPEN SPACE PEDESTRIAN ROBBERIES; OBJECTIVES OF 250 OPERATIONS PER MONTH, 25 APPREHENSIONS PER QUARTER; AND A 90 PERCENT CONVICTION RATE. THE EVALUATION INDICATES ON ABSOLUTE DECREASE FOR THE TARGET CRIMES OF 35.7 PERCENT FOR COMMERCIAL ROBBERIES AND 11.2 PERCENT FOR OPEN SPACE ROBBERIES. THE PROJECT CONDUCTED AN AVERAGE 584 OPERATIONS PER MONTH AND APPREHENDED 46 OFFENDERS PER QUARTER. THE REPORT CONTAINS A PROJECT DESCRIPTION, CRIME AND PERFORMANCE DATA, AN ACTIVITY SUMMARY, EVALUATION TECHNIQUES, AND AN ANALYSIS OF PERSONNEL ALLOCATION...MSP