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The Crime Prevention Unit is very active with a variety of responsibilities. We provide a number of FREE presentations and services to the public. These presentations are done in individual homes or businesses throughout the city.

We work with our School Resource Officers to conduct training in our schools to ensure the students have a safe environment in which to learn.

By utilizing the experience and training of our officers we can teach almost any topic that our citizens need.

Some of the topics we cover are:

• Personal Safety
• Armed Robbery Prevention
• Neighborhood Watch Programs
  Map of Neighborhood Watch Areas
• Business Theft Prevention
• Senior Safety
• Identity Theft
• Computer Crimes
• School Safety
• Residential/Security Surveys

For more information on these or any topic, call us at 816-236-1473.

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CRIME PREVENTION TIPS

• Battering Personality Signs
• Home Security Information
• Jogging and Walking Safety
• Protecting Your Home

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CITIZEN RIDE ALONG PROGRAM
The St. Joseph Police Department has a ride along program to which it is easy to apply. Contact the Support Services Division 816-271-4881 to obtain an application, or click here to open and print. Your application will be reviewed and a criminal history run. If you are approved (you must be over 18, and ot have a criminal record or warrants), they will schedule you a time and date for you to ride-along. Your ride-along will consist of actually riding in a working police car with a patrol officer. You will see the officer working during his/her shift…answering calls, stopping vehicles, and everything else that makes up a typical tour-of-duty. Riding along with an officer can be an eye-opening experience.

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JOINT CITIZENS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY

POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2010

Here are the links for other police academy providers in our area.

• Missouri Western State University
• Central Missouri State University
• University of Missouri - Columbia