Community Resource Officer

"The police are the public and the public are the police. The police being the only members of the public that are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence.” A quote from Sir Robert Peel – 1829.

  The Scarborough Police Department is working to increase the interactions between the community and the Police.  Through this interaction partnerships are formed and the community is better served.  Partnerships with civic groups and other municipal departments increases the efficiency and effectiveness of the Police Department. Citizen involvement is essential to maintaining that high quality of life experienced in Scarborough.

One of the functions of the Community Resource Officer is to build these partnerships.  Other duties include responding to citizen complaints regarding quality of life issues (non emergency), facilitate neighborhood problem solving meetings, collect /analyze traffic data, public education, Police/Community relations and public information dissemination.

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