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The meeting is set for Monday, July 16, at 7 p.m. at Golden Terrace Banquet Hall, located at 120-23 Atlantic Ave. in Richmond Hill.
By Michael V. Cusenza
With the launch of Neighborhood Policing on the summer horizon for the 102nd Precinct, command officials have organized a “meet and greet” event in anticipation of the program during which residents will be introduced to their new Neighborhood Coordination Officers.
The meeting is set for Monday, July 16, at 7 p.m. at Golden Terrace Banquet Hall, located at 120-23 Atlantic Ave. in Richmond Hill.
“Here you will have the opportunity to speak and interact with the NCOs assigned to your neighborhoods ask questions you may have,” according to precinct leadership. “ Come and learn more about how Neighborhood Policing works, as well as the role that you can play, in partnership with your NCOs, in building better, safer neighborhoods.”
According to the NYPD, the Neighborhood Policing initiative divides precincts into four or five fully staffed sectors that correspond, as much as possible, to the boundaries of actual existing neighborhoods. Sector officers assigned to these sectors work the same neighborhoods on the same shifts, increasing their familiarity with the local residents and local problems. Supporting the sector officers are two cops designated as the Neighborhood Coordination Officers. The NCOs are conceived as liaisons between the police and the community, but also as key crime-fighters and problem solvers in the sector. The NCOs spend time actively familiarizing themselves with the community to better respond to neighborhood-specific crime and other conditions. The NCOs immerse themselves in the community by attending meetings with community leaders and clergy, visiting schools, following up on previous incidents, and using creative techniques and adaptive skills to fight crime unique to their particular sectors.
Neighborhood Policing “will be starting in the upcoming weeks in the 102nd Precinct,” according to the department.
