Comprised of two teams, the Community Engagement Unit’s mission is to spearhead the department’s mission of working with the community in combatting crime within the Central Business Division.

Neighborhood Policing Team (NPO) - Heavily involved with the community, the Neighborhood Policing Team works hand in hand with the community.  Officers of this team frequently attend crime watch and community meetings, gathering information first-hand that can be relayed to other teams within the department.  When not working directly with the community, officers work the streets combatting crime.

Crime Response Team (CRT) - Utilizes uniformed and covert techniques to combat crime.  Officers of this team research crime statistics to identify areas and trends in crime, suspect descriptions, and suspect actions.  Armed with this information, officers, in plain clothes, operating a variety of unmarked vehicles, and in uniform in marked squad cars, go into the community, looking for crimes in progress and making arrests of suspects caught "in the act".

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