But the bike patrol isn't the only recent program aimed at decreasing crime. Interested residents fill out a form listing an emergency contact and when they will be out of town. The information is entered into a computer and one of the 34 officers in the department will periodically check on the house, walking around the home checking windows and doors. In the winter, officers check for pipes that burst and other weather-related problems. From November of last year to early April, Lyons said about 400 residents were enrolled.
Cops get out and they rattle doors.
It is a real kind of community policing. Site design by IN Jersey .