[Durham INC] Parkwood invites neighbors to COP interest meeting April 25th at 10am

[Parkwood HOA]

Hello everyone,

I'm writing to make you aware and invite you to a COP interest meeting on
Saturday April 25th, 10am, at the Parkwood Volunteer Fire Department. 

After a series of crimes in Parkwood and the surrounding communities, we
asked the Durham Police Department to increase the number of officers
patrolling south Durham. DPD's response was that they lacked the manpower to
increase patrols. 

Parkwood and other nearby communities that we're reaching out to are in
Durham Police districts 3 and 4. 

Our goal is to give existing officers more time to actively patrol our area
by reducing the time they spend on non-emergency services. We are working
with the DPD to recruit citizen volunteers for an existing DPD-sponsored
program, the Citizen Observer Patrol (COP). 

You're probably already familiar with the COP program but if not, here's
their website; 
http://durhamnc.gov/ich/op/DPD/Pages/COP.aspx

It uses trained citizen volunteers during daylight hours to perform
non-emergency services that that police officers would otherwise do. 

The COP volunteers that cover Districts 3 and 4 only have enough manpower to
patrol one day a week. According to the DPD COP coordinator, with 17
additional volunteers, this program could have volunteers on patrol every
day of the week. 

We believe that we can recruit these 17 volunteers if the communities in
south Durham come together to make their homeowners aware of the COP program
and encourage them to attend an April 25, 2015 COP recruitment meeting,
where individuals can discuss the program with Officer Suitt (the Durham
police COP coordinator), other police officers from Police Districts 3 and
4, and current COP volunteers. The meeting will be from 10 to 11am at the
Parkwood Volunteer Fire Department, 1409 Seaton Rd, Durham, NC 27713. 

If you need more information or have suggestions, please contact the
Parkwood Association office (pa.office at parkwoodnc.org, 919-544-2161).

Communities and homeowners associations that we have reached out to so far:
Abercromby
Audubon Park
Auburn (Auburn Hills, Auburn Park, Auburn Square)
Colvard Farms
Crooked Creek
Fairfield
Forest Hills
Hope Valley Farms
Hope Valley North
Lakehurst
Lakewood Park
Lochside
Long Meadow
Newhall Village
Oakhurst.Oakhaven
Penrith
Rockwood
Startford Lakes
Stirrup Creek
Tuscaloosa-Lakewood
Villages of Parkwood
Walden Pond
Wellington Forest
Woodlake
Woodcroft

The PAC-4 yahoogroup (Partners Against Crime, District 4)

Project Safe Neighborhoods Durham

We hope to see you on April 25th. 


Regards,

Laura Haywood-Cory
Office Manager,
Parkwood Association

1417 Seaton Road, Durham NC 27713
919.544.2161
Pa.office at parkwoodnc.org <mailto:Pa.office at parkwoodnc.org> 
www.parkwoodnc.org <http://www.parkwoodnc.org/> 

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