The duties and responsibilities of a deputy who has been assigned a neighborhood shall include, but are not limited to:
- Facilitate the exchange of information between neighborhood residents and the Sheriff’s Office.
- Call upon the combined resources of the Sheriff’s Office, Narcotics Task Force, Prosecutor’s Office, Health Department, Building Commission, homeowners association (HOA), property management company (if applicable), social services organizations, and individual residents in order to address crime and quality of life issues within the neighborhood.
- Attend HOA, crime watch, and other community meetings within the neighborhood in order to provide residents with crime statistics for their neighborhood, provide residents with crime reduction strategies, and reduce the perceived fear of crime.
- Establish trust between neighborhood residents, youth, and the Sheriff’s Office by fostering positive, cooperative, and productive relationships.
- Routinely review incident reports and field contacts for assigned neighborhoods, ensuring complaints are followed up on and that residents’ concerns and complaints do not “fall through the cracks” without being addressed.
The goal of this program is not to discourage a resident from calling 911 but instead to provide an additional method of communicating with our Office regarding non-urgent matters. The hope of this program is that deputies will develop a sense of ownership over their assigned neighborhoods and take pride in the relationships that are built as a result.
Questions? info@vanderburghsheriff.org