Orem Utah Department of Public Safety
Contact Information
JD Brisk
Phone: 801-229-7006
E-mail: jdbrisk@orem.org
95 East Center Street
Orem, UT 84057
United States
North America
Program Description
Orem Utah has one of the most progressive Volunteers In Public Safety (V.I.P.S) programs in the country/world. The VIPS Patrol Division is a group of ordinary citizens dedicated to extraordinary community service and public education through the Orem Police Department. They provide an adequately staffed, highly trained and motivated force of volunteer workers, performing non-hazardous police services to the community of Orem. The Patrol Division volunteers work out in the community in their volunteer cruisers along side sworn officers. Among the various service duties the volunteers perform are responding to assist stranded motorists, directing traffic at fire and accident scenes, neighborhood patrols, placement of the radar trailers, vacation checks, minor investigations etc. The VIPS also help educate the citizenry as to which types of behavior are not acceptable such as parking in a disabled stall without a valid permit and by writing most all other non-moving citations including illegal parking and expired registrations as well as dealing with abandoned vehicles, special enforcement, speed surveys and much more.
Volunteers are not utilized to replace sworn or other paid positions within the Orem Police Department, but rather to enhance the overall efficiency of the agency to assist the public and to reduce and solve crime.
The Mission Statement sums up the program: The Department's VIPS program is committed to developing a spirit of cooperation and partnership with the community. Our pledge is to recruit, train and retrain talented volunteers who participate in meaningful community safety, security and service programs.
Agency Information
Date established: June 2001
Number of volunteers: 16
Last updated: 4/12/2010
Categories
Citizen Patrol
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