Purpose and Role
Citizens Patrol Network
- to allow for improved communication and networking
among volunteers and coordinators,
- to increase opportunities for Provincial recognition
of local efforts,
- to provide promotion of promising practices for
local or regional consideration, promotion of volunteer training opportunities
and increased consistency across the Province.
-to develop program information to assist in program
delivery including manuals and brochures;
-to develop resources to assist police administrators;
-to facilitate access to program resources such
as vests, safety equipment, radio equipment and computers, and
-to develop networking resources such as a web
site and newsletter.
Citizens Patrol
-encourage dedicated community volunteers to be
of assistance to the Police by patrolling designated areas to observe
any possible criminal activity.
-by being an extra set of "eyes and ears",
the patrol is able to assist in the deterrence of crime in this community.
-the patrol is not designed to replace the regular
police but allows the police to be able to direct their focus to other
areas of potential crime
- the patrol operates and is supervised under the
direction of the (NCO or OIC) of the RCMP or Local Police Force.
-volunteers will not arrest, or take any police
action (unless requested by an officer)
- the volunteer's safety is of the utmost importance
Mission Statement  top
“To Improve Community Safety by Training Volunteers who Partner with Police to Accurately Observe and Report Suspicious / Criminal Activity”
Committee Mandate top
The BC Citizens on Patrol Network
operates under the umbrella of the BC Crime Prevention
Association. The network should
consist of Citizens on Patrol volunteers and partner organizations. The
network meet a minimum of four times per year, ideally with the following
representation:.
1- BCCPA BOARD member
1- BCCPA Staff Liaison
1- RCMP members
('E' Division or local detachment
representative)
1- Municipal
Police representative
1- ICBC representative
7- Community Citizens on Patrol representatives
(endorsed by local groups to serve) from the following regions
-Kootenays
-Thompson/Okanagan
-North/Central BC
-Vancouver Island
-Fraser Valley
-North Shore/Sunshine Coast
-Greater Vancouver
Strategic Plan top
Strategic Plan 
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