This involvement fosters mutual trust and cooperation. A variety of proactive problem-solving techniques are applied to develop a high level of information exchange and mutual influence in determining policing priorities and tactics for the area. Police services are more effectively distributed across our community targeting high crime areas for problem-solving activities to identify and deal with the causes of crime. Undue influence of special interest groups is eliminated allowing community-based priorities to receive the necessary services they merit. Reliance on information technology to collect and analyze data to assist in the development of policing strategies and interventions.
Some calls are time critical and some can be deferred.
Some responses must be made in person while others can be handled by our telephone report unit, or other city departments. Some crimes occur as isolated incidents. Others are part of a pattern that springs from an underlying cause in the community. Some problems can be effectively addressed specifically by police. Others require the coordinated efforts of police and other agencies in the government and the community.