HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Miscellaneous_Tab 5_7/27/1994 MEMORANDUM
TO: Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager •
FROM: Carl R. Roderick, Chief of Police
DATE: July 21, 1994
SUBJECT: Public Safety Committee Meeting Ref : Park, Walk &
Talk.
As you know, we started the program in February of 1991, with a
directive for officers working the day shift and part of the 4-12
shift to get to know the local business community and give advise
on curtailing retail theft and burglary as well as other matters
relating crime prevention. Since then we have directed officers to
make casual stops to ,talk with local residents when the opportunity
allows . I will have to admit that the documentation of these
instances are not up to par. We have logged only 182 PWT contacts
since Oct 1, 1993 and 340 Citizen Contacts . For one, the officers
are reluctant to tie up air time and bog down the dispatcher just
to log a citizen contact .
I feel that our officers do have a good rapport with the community
and business leaders and I welcome any suggestions from the
committee on improvement or if there have been any complaints about
the departments interaction with the community.