The North District is an area that extends from the Red River on the east to Interstate 29 on the west and from the Great Northern Railroad tracks on the south to the city limits on the north. The District is primarily composed of residential single family homes, but also has several apartment buildings and the downtown business area. Every Officer assigned to the North District is dedicated to providing quality police services for the citizens living and working in the area. Officers strive to know the area's residents and work with them to develop solutions to neighborhood problems. Officers concentrate on traffic problems and accident prevention through highly visible patrolling of high accident areas and enforcement of the city's traffic laws.
Officers also work to prevent crime and arrest people violating the law.
An extremely important part of the community policing philosophy is for Officers to work in partnership with citizens to enable citizens to be the major factor in preventing crime and developing solutions to quality of life issues. On August 16 th , Officers responded to the report of a shooting at 1101 Monte Carlo Drive, Riviera Heights trailer court. After an argument with his wife and a friend, a man shot the friend in the right arm with a shotgun and then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. The friend's injury required physicians to amputate his right arm. Several Officers and Detectives Jim LeDoux and Paul Lies responded and did an excellent job of investigating the incident.