Red Deer City Citizens on Patrol is a program aimed at reducing crime though the active participation
Red Deer City Citizens on Patrol is a program aimed at reducing crime though the active participation of citizens in crime prevention.
03/01/2025
📣 Spreading Awareness at the Red Deer Rebels Game! 🏒✨
We had an amazing time at the Red Deer Rebels game, sharing our program and connecting with the community!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to learn more about what we do. 💙
🎉 Congratulations to our lucky winner of the Rebels team-signed jersey! 🎉 We hope you love this special piece of memorabilia!
✨A huge shoutout to the Rebels for signing the jersey and to Wully Bully for joining us in our photos!
💖 A huge THANK YOU to everyone who visited our table and participated in the raffle! 🎟️ Your support means so much, and it was so great connecting with everyone!!
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Red Deer City Citizens on Patrol is a program aimed at reducing crime though the active participation of trained citizens contributing toward crime prevention. As the incidence of crime continues to grow, so does the need of citizen involvement. Crime preys on apathy and as there cannot be a police officer on every corner, it is up to every member of the community to assume responsibility for its protection. This involves citizens being alert to the potential of crime and willing to look out for one another's interest.
Citizens on Patrol work with the RCMP and act as "the eyes and ears of the community". They actively patrol the city in pairs of 2 or 3 members, either in their private vehicles or on foot, wearing vests to identify them as volunteer COP members. Those patrolling report suspicious activity or criminal events to the police. Citizens on Patrol volunteers contact the police through cell phones. The patrol shifts are flexible allowing each member the ability to choose the time and duration of their individual patrols. Patrols may be at any time of the day or night, based on RCMP and City of Red Deer requests and members’ availability and interests, and are typically 2-4 hours in length.
Across Canada, Citizens on Patrol members have assisted the police by reporting activities that resulted in apprehension of impaired drivers, the recovery of stolen vehicles, and the reduction of vehicular vandalism and the theft at our local theaters, as well as assisting in the apprehension of suspects by reporting actual crime in progress. The Citizen's on Patrol members have also located robbery suspects and have assisted the RCMP in locating individuals with outstanding warrants.
COP’s also conduct planned crime prevention events in collaboration with the RCMP such as the Lock-it-or-Lose-it Program educating vehicle owners in preventive measures.
Interested in joining Citizens on Patrol? Please go to the CACPC website and complete the application. Email the completed application and a scan of the front/back of your AB Driver’s License to [email protected]. You will then be provided a letter to take to the detachment for your security clearance. If you receive your clearance and application approval, you will be advised as to when the next training session is scheduled. Training is provided at the RCMP Detachment by an RCMP member 2-3 times per year.
