JOIN C.O.P.
We
need YOU! Be a C.O.P. volunteer!
Join in and have fun while
doing your part for the Beaumont community!
What is C.O.P.?
In 1995, the Beaumont Police Department, along with several Beaumont neighborhood associations, initiated a program called Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.). The program consists of volunteers from established Beaumont neighborhood associations who donate their time to patrol their neighborhood while driving their own vehicles or vehicles provided by their organization.
The object of the program is to provide more eyes and ears on the streets observing and reporting crime and/or suspicious activity.
Program guidelines prohibit participants from actions that would place them in a confrontational situation. Each vehicle is equipped with a cellular telephone on which to call in incidents needing police attention. Corporate sponsors and private individuals underwrite the program to help pay for cellular phones, magnetic signs for participants’ vehicles, miscellaneous equipment and distinctive clothing.
Participants may patrol any number of hours per week, but each participating neighborhood association must show a combined total of eight hours per week by its membership. Each participant must document his/her activities during patrol and this information is forwarded to the Beaumont Police Department.
Requirements:
Volunteers in the program must meet the following criteria.
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Must be 18 years of age |
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Must have a driver’s license |
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Be a City of Beaumont resident |
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Be a concerned citizen |
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No criminal record (no felony convictions and/ or Class A or B misdemeanors within the past two years.) |
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Follow guidelines of C.O.P. program |
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Must be sponsored by a neighborhood association |
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Possess a need and desire to better our community and protect our future leaders, our children |
What You Get When You Join:
When you join Citizens On Patrol you not only join an organization, YOU JOIN A TEAM. You will not only patrol your own neighborhood but once a month we have citywide ride-outs. The C.O.P. group meets at a local, predetermined restaurant to eat and swap stories. It is fun and fellowship for the entire group to enjoy. Once we’ve had our fun, all C.O.P. members take to the streets as a unified force and descend on a predetermined neighborhood association. We patrol the neighborhoods borders making it clear that we are no longer going to be victims in our own city and in our own homes.
So, if you’re tired of being a victim and want to take an active part in getting rid of the crime that plagues our city. If you are interested in joining a group of great individuals for fun and fellowship and making new friends. And if you’re interested in taking back the Beaumont Streets from the crime that causes you to be afraid of walking down them.
Click HERE to download an application to join the Citizens On Patrol.
A background check will be conducted on all interested applicants by the Beaumont Police Department. Before participating volunteers must successfully complete the Citizens on Patrol training program that consists of approximately eight hours of classroom instruction and an orientation ride with a police officer. The training is provided at times convenient to the applicants.
C.O.P. has been a proven program for years in the Beaumont Community!
Contact Beaumont Police Officer Eric Wilson or Officer Chris Cunningham about becoming a member TODAY!
Visit the Beaumont Police Department website at http://www.beaumontpd.com/