RPD expanding community policing program
Federal stimulus money will help the Reidsville Police Department strengthen its Community Policing program.
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Reidsville Police Department has received a “COPS” Officer Grant for $278,472 to hire two full-time police officers to work in its Community Policing division.
These Police Neighborhood Resource Officers (PNROs) will focus on assignments to help carry out community initiatives and solve community problems identified both by crime analysis and local Neighborhood Watch groups.
The focus of these two officers will be on addressing problems such as speeding in residential areas, traffic safety, street-level drug sales, youth gang activity in City parks and in neighborhoods, prostitution and other crime matters of interest to citizens. These officers will work towards long-term solutions to solve community issues.
This grant is instrumental in launching a new PNRO team that will be in operation in the coming months. Sergeant Tim Altizer and Officer Billy Gibson will be assigned to the Community Policing Division to cover these PNRO duties.
“Your PNRO can help you find the best solution to a problem so that your community will be a better, safer place,” said Captain Ronnie Ellison, who head’s the City’s Community Policing Division. “They can also help you start a Community Watch in your neighborhood and will be available to speak at Community Watch meetings.”
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