Neighborhood Police Officer (NPO)

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The position of Neighborhood Police Officer was created during the implementation of Code:Blue in 1991. More positions were added through the Weed & Seed and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant. A component within the Crime Control District increased the number of Neighborhood Patrol Officers (NPOs) by 14 to provide one NPO for each major housing community (Butler and Cavile), enhance services to emerging Citizens on Patrol groups, assist with mobile storefronts, and provide relief for beat NPOs during periods of absence due to vacation, training, prolonged illness or injury, etc.

Neighborhood Police Officers are assigned to a specific area but they are not required to answer normal calls for service or provide beat patrol, although they do wear a uniform and drive a marked patrol unit. The functions of the Neighborhood Patrol Officer are of a longer-term nature and revolve around problem resolution. This is done by using a variety of non-traditional methods each aimed at inclusion and empowerment of the community. For example, in some divisions the NPO's form Clergy Advisory Councils where they meet on a monthly basis with all the ministers in the area. Other NPOs are in charge of sports teams which participate in the City's Youth Sports Program. Still other NPOs are involved with Explorer Scout groups in which they have participated in national competition with other posts across the nation.

NPOs also engage in enforcement activities which are aimed at addressing crime on a more focused basis. One middle class neighborhood had been plagued by a resident who had been engaging in the drug and stolen auto trade for over ten years. As a result, the NPO was able to bring the State Attorney General's office and other criminal justice groups together to file a state nuisance abatement procedure against the owner. The case was successful and the criminals were forced to vacate the premises where the activity was occurring. The house is now boarded up and is no longer a community concern.

NPOs work closely with the schools, churches, neighborhood associations, and Citizens on Patrol groups. In the latter case they provide statistical information which advises participants when and where to patrol their neighborhood and work with the citizens to develop or expand the concept to fit the particular neighborhood.

NPO ASSIGNMENTS

We are currently updating our NPO assignments for the new five patrol divisions. The two files below may assist in finding your new NPO. Please refer to the phone numbers listed below for contacting your NPO.

The chart below may assist you with locating your NPO if they are not listed on the Key Place List. The phone number listed after the NPD address is the phone number for the sergeant over the district's NPOs. They will be able to assist you with locating the correct NPO for your neighborhood.

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