Community Policing

Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies which utilize community and departmental partnerships, modern problem-solving techniques, and technology to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues.

It also points to the need for a partnership between the police department and community members; a willingness to communicate and participate together, to offer mutual support around issues of concern, and for the police to be a recognized and valued part of the community. To best combat crime, social disorder, and fear of crime, we need to work together, as a community.

Our department holds monthly "beat meetings" where we update our community members with current crime statistics and have open conversations about their concerns.  For organizational purposes, our city is divided into four patrol "beats" which are essentially the assigned areas of responsibility for patrol officers. 

The Beat One October Meeting for Thursday, October 16ht has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances and the new date and time are as follows:

Beat One

Date: Monday, October 20th 

Time: 5:30pm 

Location: Executive Conference Room at City Hall (2nd floor) 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303

We intend to hold all of the November Beat meetings in person next month and will publish the details as soon as details are confirmed.