Community Policing

Community policing is a philosophy the Carlisle Police Department embraced several years ago. In essence, Community Policing involves the police being responsive to community concerns and problems and working with the community to proactively solve problems.

Our primary method of advancing Community Policing is by trying to be active with neighborhood groups and community organizations. By attending group meetings and establishing dialogue with citizens, we hope to improve communication between the police and citizens. The citizens are then able to better inform police of problems in the community. The police are better able to educate citizens on how to deal with these problems. These relationships have allowed citizens to work with the police and other agencies to address community problems. 2006 saw the formation of another neighborhood association, the East Side Neighbors. Additional neighborhood associations include Pitt/North Street Pride, West Louther Street Neighbors, College Street Neighbors. Additionally, our officers meet regularly with the Hope Station Advisory Board and the Redevelopment Authority to address neighborhood concerns.

Another Community Policing program is our Junior Police Academy. The Junior Police Academy is a modified version of our successful Citizen Police Academy. The purpose of the Junior Police Academy is to foster greater understanding and communication between youth and the police department and to better inform Carlisle youth regarding the activities of the community’s police department.