. >> sergeant brian dickerson took us on "ride pointing out hot spots.ichmond started a daytime curfew in fall of 2010 and now they stop students on the street on school days. >> its been effective. we have stopped over 400 kids during that two school year period. >> reporter: these students say they have friend whose sometimes cut class. >> one of my friends said that nobody cares like if he goes to school or not. >> reporter: officers take the students to the police activity's league center instead of jail and tell their parents. students get a citation to appear in court but the judge and police work together and interview the students to understand why they are not in school. >> bullies, having difficulty in math or, is english maybe a second language. we call parents, we try to hook them up with different organizations and try to give the best we can get to the root cause. >> reporter: the program is to successful it's attracted the attention of other cities and the mayor of new york. this week police learned the program is in danger. courts have pr