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COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SECTION
Telephone Numbers: (908) 226-7716, (908) 226-7717
The concepts behind community policing is that police officers and
private citizens work together and in creative ways to help solve contemporary community
problems related to crime, fear of crime, social and physical disorder and neighborhood
decay.
Officers assigned to Community Policing work with the community to
address their concerns. They provide various programs that require community input, and
are assigned cases that can best be solved by using community policing methods.
There is no cost for the survey, where an Officer meets with you at
your residence and which provides you with recommendations to make your home less of a
target for crime. Contact the Community policing unit at (908) 226-7716 or send an e-mail requesting a Home Security
Survey.
The COPS unit has Officers that provide DARE classes in all our
schools. The DARE program provides:
 | D.A.R.E. "humanizes" the police: that is, young people can begin to relate to
officers as people, rather than in terms of uniforms or parts of an institution. |
| D.A.R.E. reduces peer pressure and balances values for all types of responsible
behavior. |
| D.A.R.E. opens lines of communication between the school district and police to deal
with a wide range of issues, such as violence in the schools, drug abuse, and any other
problem about which there is mutual concern. |
| D.A.R.E. shows the police in a different light for many adults within the community:
parents, teachers, school staff, administrators, and school board members. |
| D.A.R.E. training is an instrument of socialization that introduces officers to a
philosophy that measures success by community acceptance and support rather than by the
numbers of crimes and arrests. |
| Exposure to life in the public schools can broaden officers' perspectives on, and
understanding of, community concerns. |
| D.A.R.E. fosters the close and prolonged contact with the community that is fundamental
to community policing. |
The Community Policing unit provides Officers to speak at meetings,
Neighborhood Watch Programs, and/or scheduled events. These officers can speak on a wide
range of Crime Prevention and/or Community Policing subjects. We also can provide Officers
and McGRUFF® (pictured above) for fingerprinting of children.
To request an Officer and/or McGRUFF® at your next
meeting or planned event. Send a letter or e-mail to Lt. C.Siedenburg, csied@southplainfieldnj.com, 2480
Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield, NJ 07080.
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SOUTH PLAINFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
