C O M M U N I T Y  R E L A T I O N S

Community Policing is based upon a solid relationship between the police and the community. It is a partnership in which the police and the community share responsibility for identifying, reducing, eliminating and preventing problems that impact neighborhoods island-wide. By working together, the police and the community can reduce the fear and incidence of crime and improve the quality of life in the community. In this effort, the community and police, as partners, identify and prioritize problems of crime and disorder and share the responsibility for the development and implementation of proactive problem-solving strategies to address identified issues. The strategies used combine the efforts and resources of the police, and the community to resolve important neighborhood problems.

W/Inspector Yvonne Albury heads this Section

 Some Community Policing goals of the Carmichael Division.

• To provide a 24-hour a day liaison between police and the community to prevent crime. To change the image of police, so they would be viewed as people who can help those in trouble and as people who can be trusted.
• Crime prevention and citizen education.
• To develop a citizen crime prevention program coordinated and run by civilians.
• Increase community security, personal freedom and decrease crime and disorder.
• To develop a comprehensive crime prevention program and to develop more meaningful communication and rapport between police and community.
• To involve citizens in the control of crime, by showing the benefit of concerted action.
• To improve effectiveness by strengthening the relationships between individual officers and the public, one-on-one and in groups.
• To impact juvenile crime and improve attitudes toward police.
• To increase public awareness and vigilance in fight against crime (specifically residence and business burglaries and robberies)