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Police Department If you have issues viewing or accessing this file, please contact us at NCJRS.gov. Enhancing Public Safety by Leveraging Resources 0 --.. A Resource Guide for Law Enforcement Agencies J @ 0 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This project was supported by Award No. 2002-DD-BX-0010 awarded by @ the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs. The opinions, @ findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this @ publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the @ views of the Department of Justice. @ @ @ @ @ 0 0 2o 5957 0 0 0 Table of Contents 0 0 0 0 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... i 0 Part h Establishing or Enhancing a Volunteer Program 0 0 Section 1: Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 0 0 Section 2: The Current State of Volunteerism .............................................................. 4 0 Section 3: Building Program Infrastructure ................................................................. 8 0 0 Section 4: Recruitment ....................................................................................................16 0 0 Section 5: Selection and Management ..........................................................................20 0 Section 6: Training ..........................................................................................................24 0 0 Section 7: Recognition of Volunteers ...........................................................................27 0 0 Section 8: Assessment .....................................................................................................31 0 Section 9: Organizations and Resources ......................................................................34 0 0 Part lh Profiles of Volunteer Programs .................................................................................43 0 Eugene, Oregon, Police Department ............................................................................44 0 Fresno, California, Police Department .........................................................................45 0 0 Redlands, California, Police Department ....................................................................45 0 0 San Bemardino County, California, Sheriff's Department .......................................46 0 Riverside, California, Police Department ....................................................................47 0 0 San Diego, California, Police Department ...................................................................47 0 0 Las Vegas, Nevada, Metropolitan Police Department ..............................................48 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ @ @ @ @ @ 0 @ 0 0 @ @ @ 0 0 0 @ 0 @ 0 @ 0 0 0 0 0 @ 0 @ 0 0 0 0 Q 0 0 0 0 0 ® Q 0 0 0 0 0 Paradise Valley, Arizona, Police Department ............................................................49 0 0 Phoenix, Arizona, Police Department ..........................................................................49 0 Billings, Montana, Police Department .........................................................................50 0 0 Colorado Springs, Colorado, Police Department .......................................................50 0 0 San Antonio, Texas, Police Department ......................................................................51 0 Austin, Texas, Police Department ................................................................................52 0 0 Garland, Texas, Police Department ..............................................................................53 0 0 Nebraska State Patrol (Omaha) ....................................................................................53 0 Omaha, Nebraska, Police Department ............................... .........................................54 0 0 Washington County, Minnesota, Sheriff's Department ............................................55 0 0 Des Haines, Illinois, Police Department ......................................................................56 0 Wood Dale, Illinois, Police Department ......................................................................56 0 0 Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Police Department ........................................................57 0 0 Knoxville, Tennessee, Police Department ...................................................................58 0 Florida Highway Patrol .................................................................................................58 0 0 Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Department .............................................................59 0 0 Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Police Department .............................................60 0 Lowell, Massachusetts, Police Department ................................................................60 0 0 Toronto, Ontario, Police Service ...................................................................................61 0 0 Part HI: Sample Documents .....................................................................................................62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ @ @ 0 @ @ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ @ 0 0 0 0 @ @ 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Acknow][edgements 0 0 0 Funding and support for Volunteer Programs: EnhancinA, Public Sqfety by Le.veraginS 0 Resources came from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice. We are grateful to OJP's Assistant 0 Attorney General Deborah Daniels and BJA's Acting Director Camille Cain for their 0 stewardship in shaping the Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) Program. 0 0 We would also like to acknowledge the support and partnership of the White House Office of the USA Freedom Corps and the Office of Citizen Corps, U.S. Department of 0 Homeland Security. 0 0 We are indebted to the leadership, employees and volunteers from the registered VIPS 0 Programs we visited to produce this guide: 0 o Austin Police Department o Omaha Police Department 0 o Billings Police Department o Paradise Valley Police Department 0 o Colorado Springs Police Department o Phoenix Police Department 0 o Des Plaines Police Department o Redlands Police Department 0 o Eugene Police Department o Riverside Police Department 0 o Fairfax County Police Department o St. Petersburg Police Department 0 o Florida Highway Patrol o San Antonio Police Department o Fresno Police Department o San Bernardino County Sheriff's 0 o Knoxville Police Department Department 0 o Las Vegas Metropolitan Police o San Diego Police Department 0 Department o Toronto Police Service 0 o Louisville Metro Police Department o Washington County Sheriff's 0 o Lane County Sheriff's Office Department 0 o Lowell Police Department o Wood Dale Police Department o Nebraska State Patrol (Omaha) 0 0 We also benefited from the sage guidance of the VIPS Program Advisory Committee 0 and all of the law enforcement volunteer programs registered with VIPS. Their ideas, 0 experiences and input have helped to shape this guide. 0 Several individuals deserve special thanks for their review and contributions to this 0 document: Chief John Cease, Wilmington, North Carolina; Chief Bob Circle, Texas City, 0 Texas; Sheriff Ron Pierini, Douglas County, Nevada; and Phillip Merkle, BJA Senior 0 Policy Advisor. 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ 0 0 @ 0 0 @ 0 @ @ 0 0 0 @ 0 @ @ 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O EXECUTIVE SUMMARY O O O Executive Summary O O Today, the demands on law enforcement Department of Justice. VIPS is one of O have never been greater. In the new post- the four Citizen Corps programs. O September 11 world, agencies are information about Citizen Corps O struggling to protect their communities appears in Section 9 of this guide. O from the threat of global terrorism. Law O enforcement faces increasingly The materials contained in this guide sophisticated challenges from computer are based on information gathered O crime, identity theft, narcotics trafficking through the VIPS program Web site, site O and other crimes. All these efforts take visits with 26 agencies in 16 states and O place against a backdrop of shrinking one province, surveys, and numerous O budgets and limited resources. conversations with law enforcement O executives, volunteer coordinators and Yet there is one thing law enforcement volunteers throughout the United O agencies can do to leverage existing States. O resources and at the same time enhance O public safety. Volunteer programs allow The guide is divided into three main O agencies and officers to focus on policing parts. Part I, Establishing or Enhancing and enforcement functions by providing a Volunteer Program, contains nine O supplemental and/or support services. At sections. Section 1, Introduction, O the same time, such programs create describes the benefits of using O valuable ties between law enforcement volunteers in law enforcement agencies O and members of the community. and reviews the history and purpose of the VIPS program. O Volunteer Programs: Enhancing Public O Safety by Leveraging Resources is a resource Section 2, The Current State of O guide for chiefs of police, sheriffs and Volunteerism, examines the current O other executives of state or local law state of volunteerism in the United O enforcement agencies interested in States, the value of volunteer time, and O establishing or enhancing volunteer the results of an IACP survey about programs within
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