Community policing expands the police officer s medic bag significantly by replacing some of the Band-Aids with effective diagnostic, curative and preventive tools. Officers become community-based problem solvers who work directly with citizens making their neighborhoods a better and safer placed in which to work and live. The Community Resource Program assists the police department in these efforts by administering Neighborhood Watch, Crime Prevention and Senior Outreach Programs. Crime Prevention is a simple and direct approach that protects the potential victim from criminal activity and by anticipating the possibility of criminal activity and reducing or eliminating the opportunity for it to occur. Crime Prevention aims to reduce criminal opportunity rather than attack either the criminal s desires or the criminal s skills.
Investigators handle investigations of serious crimes committed in the City.
These Reserve Officers are as highly trained as the regular patrol officers but are volunteering their time, primarily on nights and weekends, to assist the patrol officers. Youth age 15 to 20 are eligible to participate. The Explorer Program allows young people to learn more about a career in law enforcement and take part in department activities. Two full-time Animal Control Officers 7 days a week. The Animal Control Officers are responsible for responding to calls regarding animal ordinance violations and stray animals within the City of Brighton.