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Community & Youth Services in Focus
The Fresno County Sheriff's Office
offers a variety
of free services through the Crime Prevention Unit. Listed here is a
sample of services provided by Community Service Officers to the citizens
of Fresno County:
For more information, contact the Crime Prevention
Unit of the Fresno County Sheriff's Office
at 488-2525.
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Citizen's
Advisory Groups
Citizen Advisory Groups, composed of a
cross-section of the community members, will be created to optimize
positive contact between the Sheriff’s Department and communities we
serve.
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Citizens' Patrol
Neighborhood Watch Citizens’ patrol
groups are designed to further the partnership between the Fresno
County Sheriff’s Department and the community it serves.
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Explorer Program
Since 1966, the
Fresno County Sheriff's Office
has had an Explorer Program. The
primary goal of this program is to provide familiarization and training
for young men and women that have an interest in law enforcement.
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Neighborhood Watch
Community crime
prevention addresses real problems while it revives civic energy and
community spirit. It is most effective when it mobilizes the skills and
resources of committed residents and organizations. |
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Operation Identification
Operation Identification, or
Operation I.D., is a theft prevention/property identification program
for use in homes and businesses. |
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Operation Safe Streets
Operation Safe Streets (OSS) teams work full
time in a partnership with citizens of the community. The teams and
their citizen partners share the responsibility for crime control in
those communities. |
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Sheriff’s Activity League
S.A.L. is a youth program that is
sponsored, organized and run by the Fresno County Sheriff’s
Department.
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COPS in Schools
Cops in Schools was implemented
in Fresno County in the Fall of 1999. This was facilitated through a grant
from the Department of Justice "Community
Oriented Policing Services".
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