sfpcservice
09-23-2011, 9:27 AM
I'm sure I'm not the 1st to think of this, but I wanted to get reactions from people actually doing this job already. My concept is a spin of the "Community Service Officer" Position.
The Idea would be for Local PD's to employ someone who's primary function is to enforce quality of life statues, like Jaywalking, boom cars, loitering, smoking in car with kids... Basically the laws intended to make a community a nicer place, but that regular officers haven't got the time to enforce.
My original idea was that the officer's position could be funded through the citation revenue, but a Sworn Officer I know here in the Bay Area informed me this morning that the county gets most of the citation revenue that is written by Local PD.
If the revenue stream could be fixed (in a perfect world) do you guys think this would have a positive impact on a community? If the revenue issue were fixed I suppose you could hire a regular officer as well and just detail one to this function everyday...?
The Idea would be for Local PD's to employ someone who's primary function is to enforce quality of life statues, like Jaywalking, boom cars, loitering, smoking in car with kids... Basically the laws intended to make a community a nicer place, but that regular officers haven't got the time to enforce.
My original idea was that the officer's position could be funded through the citation revenue, but a Sworn Officer I know here in the Bay Area informed me this morning that the county gets most of the citation revenue that is written by Local PD.
If the revenue stream could be fixed (in a perfect world) do you guys think this would have a positive impact on a community? If the revenue issue were fixed I suppose you could hire a regular officer as well and just detail one to this function everyday...?