 Starting in 2008, the Spokane Police Department will begin its implementation of a Neighborhood Policing Plan. In a series of several phases, the current north/south patrol response format will be separated into four precincts, each composed of two districts.
Partnering with local Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Shops, patrol officers will be permanently assigned to these smaller geographical areas, creating the opportunity to build lasting partnerships with community members. Each district will have at least one Neighborhood Resource Officer (NRO) assigned, and each precinct will have one crime analyst specifically examining crime trends for that precinct.
This new deployment creates 16 patrol teams working 11 hour days. The teams will have opposite days off, with 8 patrol teams on duty each day. Shifts were designed to ensure that more patrol officers would be available during peak call times to respond to citizen calls.
Implementing Neighborhood Policing will require the hiring of an additional nineteen patrol officers. This will be accomplished by the addition of twelve new police officer positions in 2008 and an additional twelve new positions in 2009. Due to the time involved in recruiting and training new officers, implementation is scheduled for Fall 2008 for two precincts with the other two precincts following in Fall 2009.
Our goal is to build quality partnerships with our community members to find innovative solutions to chronic neighborhood problems in order to enhance quality of life for the citizens who live and work in these areas. We believe establishing a Neighborhood Policing Plan will help us better accomplish our goal of keeping the citizens of Spokane safe.
For more detailed information about each geographical precinct and the Neighborhood Policing implementation schedule click here. (Note: Full document is a 7MB PDF File) |