2021 Annual Report Police

Citizens On Patrol (COP)

The Citizens On Patrol (COP) program is a group of active residents that have chosen to make a difference in their community through volunteering at the Police Depart- ment. The group has seventeen members and growing. These citizens come from all walks of life and after attending a training regime, begin patrolling the neighborhoods of the city as an extension of the department. The COP ’ s work as extra eyes and ears for the officers on the street and are active in assisting Code Enforcement in identify- ing issues in the city that need attention such as high weeds, illegally parked vehicles, and fence repair issues. The COP ’ s assist in high visibility patrols, football games and events, house checks, directed patrols, and traffic management. They run the graffiti abatement program and work toward making the City of DeSoto a clean community. The COP ’ s also assist with critical missing persons searches.

COP Director

COP Coordinator

Lt. Chris Huerta

Frank Leach

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