Community Policing Goal

• The overall goal of Hampton Police Division's Community Policing Strategy is to develop programs that will prevent and reduce the number of crimes occurring in the community.  These programs are designed to: anticipate and recognize crime risks within the City of Hampton, educate the citizenry on the risks, and initiate action to reduce and eliminate those risks.

Community Policing Objectives

The objectives of Hampton's Police Division Community Policing Strategy are to:

• Coordinate activities of the Police with the communities and other city departments in the area of crime prevention, public safety, community education and community enhancement.
• Prepare and implement long and short range programs dealing with the prevention of crime and loss of property.
• Educate all Police personnel in the merits of participating in crime prevention efforts.
• Educate the general public, homeowners, business owners, churches, and schools in the advantage of planned programs designed to reduce the risk of crimes, increase public safety and provide optimum protection for dollars spent on various detection systems.
• Work with the Community Enhancement Task Force, Neighborhood Services and Public Safety Task Force in identifying and "targeting" neighborhoods that need special attention based on rates of crime and any other factor that impacts their quality of life.
• Coordinate programs in which civic, business, private groups, organizations, and individuals work toward a common goal of extensive community involvement in Crime Prevention, Community Education and Community Enhancement programs.
• Perform security surveys for homeowners, businesses, churches and schools upon request.
• Establish liaison with formal community groups whereby information may be conveyed to citizens on Crime Prevention, Community Education, and Community Enhancement programs.
• Analyze criminal activity and report such activity with recommendations on ways to reduce such activity, taking into account operational activities and responsibilities.