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There’s a new police office in Blue Springs, and it may be in a neighborhood near you.
The Blue Springs Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit has expanded its services and presence, this time with a satellite office at 1620 Meadow Ridge Drive in the Villas of Autumn Bend located in the southern part of the city off Missouri 7 near Southwest Clark Road.
“There’s always been a concern and a desire to partner with the community,” Chief Wayne McCoy said. “This is a step toward realizing that goal even more.”
Beginning last Thursday, a crime prevention officer became available for community questions, concerns or group training each Thursday from 5-7 p.m. In addition, McCoy said, officers could be available at the site by appointment.
Discussions at the site include how residents can protect themselves and their property; ID theft prevention; and identifying drug activity. Free brochures will be available at the site, with topics including personal safety, property protection and ensuring child safety.
Beyond discussions, crime prevention officers can also provide bicycle registration materials, as well as the means to engrave identifying information on electronics and other valuables.
“This is a great opportunity for our residents to obtain services right in their neighborhood,” Captain Anthony Modrell, commander of the Community Youth Outreach Unit, said in a press release.
In addition to crime prevention officers, the citizen academy alumni group, volunteers in policing service and neighborhood watch groups will use the facility.
“There’s also opportunity for roll call, briefings, perhaps some classroom training,” McCoy said. “It has many uses.”
McCoy said there was no one specific reason why the department decided to open its first satellite office in the Villas of Autumn Bend, located in District 3.
Then again, it was donated.
“The facility was graciously provided to the department by the development,” McCoy said. “It came with no cost for us.”
In addition to donating the facility, the housing development is in the first stage of training with the department to become an active crime-free certified community.
The information provided at the site, McCoy said, will help residents throughout the city become not only aware for their own benefit, but for their own neighborhood as well.
McCoy said the department plans to locate two more satellite offices in the city – the next in District 2 and the last in District 1. He said the next announcement for the forthcoming office could be within the next two weeks.
“Not only are there good resources there at the center,” McCoy said, “there will also be a police presence there each Thursday in the evenings. That in itself makes a neighborhood safer.”
There’s a new police office in Blue Springs, and it may be in a neighborhood near you.
The Blue Springs Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit has expanded its services and presence, this time with a satellite office at 1620 Meadow Ridge Drive in the Villas of Autumn Bend located in the southern part of the city off Missouri 7 near Southwest Clark Road.
“There’s always been a concern and a desire to partner with the community,” Chief Wayne McCoy said. “This is a step toward realizing that goal even more.”
Beginning last Thursday, a crime prevention officer became available for community questions, concerns or group training each Thursday from 5-7 p.m. In addition, McCoy said, officers could be available at the site by appointment.
Discussions at the site include how residents can protect themselves and their property; ID theft prevention; and identifying drug activity. Free brochures will be available at the site, with topics including personal safety, property protection and ensuring child safety.
Beyond discussions, crime prevention officers can also provide bicycle registration materials, as well as the means to engrave identifying information on electronics and other valuables.
“This is a great opportunity for our residents to obtain services right in their neighborhood,” Captain Anthony Modrell, commander of the Community Youth Outreach Unit, said in a press release.
In addition to crime prevention officers, the citizen academy alumni group, volunteers in policing service and neighborhood watch groups will use the facility.
“There’s also opportunity for roll call, briefings, perhaps some classroom training,” McCoy said. “It has many uses.”
McCoy said there was no one specific reason why the department decided to open its first satellite office in the Villas of Autumn Bend, located in District 3.
Then again, it was donated.
“The facility was graciously provided to the department by the development,” McCoy said. “It came with no cost for us.”
In addition to donating the facility, the housing development is in the first stage of training with the department to become an active crime-free certified community.
The information provided at the site, McCoy said, will help residents throughout the city become not only aware for their own benefit, but for their own neighborhood as well.
McCoy said the department plans to locate two more satellite offices in the city – the next in District 2 and the last in District 1. He said the next announcement for the forthcoming office could be within the next two weeks.
“Not only are there good resources there at the center,” McCoy said, “there will also be a police presence there each Thursday in the evenings. That in itself makes a neighborhood safer.”
