Cactus Village Community

PHOENIX NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL PROGRAM

Jul 27, 2003

In response to all your questions, here is the description and details you have asked for. Hopefully this will provide you with the answers that will allow you to make an intelligent decision.

This program is the most effective available to us, as citizens, and has been found to be the least life style intrusive for Crime Prevention and Reduction. Please read through it all and give it some serious thought before making a commitment. The fruits of your labor will be an increasingly less violent and more secure neighborhood for you & your family.

It will involve 12 hours of training in the following areas:
?• Patrol Procedures
?• Observation Skills
?• The 9-1-1 System
?• Reporting Techniques
?• Confrontation Avoidance
?• Safety Practices, and
?• Block Watch Grants

Citizens who complete the training will be provided program identification cards, authorized to use identifying automobile door placards, cellular telephone equipment to conduct crime prevention activities in their neighborhood and to record and report suspicious activity

Participants will exchange ideas involving crime prevention with patrol officers in their area.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

?• City of Phoenix Resident
?• 18 years of Age or Older
?• Valid Arizona Driver?’s License or Arizona Identification Card
?• Completion of Training Program
?• A Desire to Help Your Community

CITIZEN PATROLS? I THOUGHT THAT PATROLING WAS A JOB FOR THE POLICE.
Crime prevention is every citizen?’s responsibility. Some communities in Phoenix have already conducted citizen patrols with success. Providing these patrols often gives people a stronger sense of ownership in their neighborhood, as well as drawing neighbors together in a common cause.

The citizen patrols can be conducted on an ?‘as available?’ basis and are by no means mandatory. The Phoenix Police Department would like to provide the training and tools to volunteers who would like to become more involved in crime prevention around their neighborhoods.

WHAT SUPPORT WILL POLICE PROVIDE?

In addition to equipment and training, a Community Action Officer (CAO) will be your point of contact for non-emergency questions and communications. The CAO can provide observers with information on activities in their area, making your observation time more valuable.

HOW MANY HOURS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE?

Once you complete the training (12 hours classroom and 10 hours riding with a patrol officer), you decide the amount of time you wish to participate. Scheduling equipment is as easy as a call to your police precinct.

WILL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONDUCT A BACKGROUND CHECK?

The police department will conduct a limited check for outstanding warrants in order for the participant to complete the ride-along portion of their training.

PHOENIX NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLLERS
are not police officers nor are they police department volunteers and they have no power of arrest beyond that of any private citizen. They are trained for observation purposes only and participate for the benefit of their community or neighborhood.

NEED MORE INFORMATION? Call the Cactus Park Precinct, 602-534-0430 and leave a message for PNP Coordinator Officer Barbara Galvano. . . ☻