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Community
Policing/Relations/Crime Prevention Specialist
Summary:
The Community Policing/Relations/Crime Prevention Specialist,
under direction, implements and participates in a community
relations program designed to advance understanding and harmony
between the police department and the community and does other
related duties as required. This person not only
understands traditional police activities, but must also possess
the ability to analyze problems, and communicate with assorted
groups and individuals. This person is responsible for
meeting the police mission through community education and
improving relations with community leaders, news media, and
other police agencies, when applicable. Crime Prevention
will occur through the implementation of programs with the
department and the community, as directed by the Chief of
Police.
Essential Functions:
- Implements and participates in a program of community
relations designed to increase awareness of mutual problems
between the community and the department.
- Interprets agency policies, practices, and goals to
members of the community.
- Assists members of the community with their social
problems.
- Attempts to mediate conflicts between members of the
community and the department.
- Seeks to reduce prejudice through increased contacts
between the department and members of the community.
- Speaks to private, civic, government, fraternal, and
religious organizations to promote community harmony and
increased understanding of the goals of the department.
- Acts as liaison between community groups and government
officials on problems relevant to the department.
- Conducts tours for the department facilities for
visiting groups.
- Participates ins school sponsored activities designed to
advance community harmony.
- Advises Chief as to the needs, desires, and attitudes of
the community.
- Prepares correspondence and reports.
- Plans, coordinates, and implements activities such as
workshops, seminars, and training sessions in the interest
of promoting services and interests of the department.
- Serves as a facilitator between the department, other
government agencies, and the general public in the interest
if resolving problems, complaints, other issues.
- Prepares news releases on the services and activities of
the department.
- Is primarily responsible for implementation of Community
Oriented Policing programs including, but not limited to:
Crime Prevention, Crime Stoppers, Neighborhood Watch,
Citizen Police Academies, Civilian Volunteer program,
Explorer Scouts, Bike Rodeo's, National Night Out, Special
Olympics, and other programs
- Target programs to address perceptions or misconceptions
of crime
- Evaluate the effectiveness of crime prevention programs.
- Conducts residential and business inspections as
requested to determine security risks and to make
recommendations for improving same.
- Maintains close communications with neighborhood groups,
whether formally organized or not.
- Establish community groups where they are needed.
- Complete annual budgetary recommendations.
- Performs such other duties as may be required by state
law, village ordinance or departmental policy or procedure.
- Assist the development of department goals for community
policing.
- Most importantly, identify training needs of all
department members in community policing and provide that
training to the members of the department.
Essential Qualifications and Selection Criteria:
- Requires good written and verbal communications skills.
- Requires the ability to speak in front of groups of
people.
- Requires a working knowledge of police functions.
- Requires the ability to work well with people of varied
ages and backgrounds.
- Requires the ability to project an enthusiastic and
conscientious attitude that encourages learning and adoption
of new ideas.
- Knowledge of procedures for collecting, preparing,
editing, and distributing information for the purpose of
promoting services and activities of the department.
- Knowledge of methods which will be effective in securing
active good will and cooperation of civic, business, and
community groups, law enforcement agencies, and the public
in general.
- Ability to implement a community relations program to
promote cooperation, understanding, and harmony between the
law enforcement agency and the public it services.
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