OFFICE OF THE POLICE CHIEF
Crime Prevention and Community Relations
About Crime Prevention and Community Relations
The Crime Prevention/Community Relations Unit is dedicated to reducing crime through citizen involvement. With constant utilization of the Neighborhood Crime Watch Program through community meetings and officer involvement, many new and innovative programs were developed to increase this interaction. This unit is responsible for approximately thirty programs, projects, and activities directly related to its overall mission of crime reduction and community service.
Crime Prevention/Community Relations Unit programs, projects, and activities include:
- The Diversion Program (Teenagers)
- Youth Cadet Program
- Officer Friendly Program
- Officer McGruff the Crime Dog
- Neighborhood Crime Watch Program
- Citizens’ Police Academy
- Ride-Along Program
- Firearms Safety Program
- Summer Safety Program
- Halloween Safety Program
- Stranger Beware Program
- Public Housing Crime Prevention Program
- Crime Prevention Hot Line
- Crime Stoppers Program
- Emergency Business Contact Program
- Sunshine Line (Senior Citizens)
- Combat Auto Theft Program (CAT)
- Rape Prevention Program
- Trash Buster Program
- Neighborhood Mediation Program
- Residential Security Survey Program
- Business Security Survey Program
- Operation Identification
- Taxi On Patrol
- Hug-A-Bear Program
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education Project (DARE)
- Holiday Safety Tips
- Retail Theft Seminar (Shoplifting)
- Personal Protection Awareness Seminar
- SCAMS & Con-Games Seminar
- Bicycle Safety
- Speakers Bureau
Contact the Crime Preventation and Community Relations Unit
The Crime Preventation and Community Relations Unit may be contacted as follows:
Crime Preventation and Community Relations Unit
City of Harrisburg
McCormick Public Services Center Suite 219
123 Walnut Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1681
Oscar Douglas, Community Policing Coordinator
Phone
717.255.3018