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emanating from the commercial establishments, to provide a more consistent and long-term
approach to dealing with the crime, quality-of-life, and service demand issues that originate from
this area. This would expand upon the current deployment of patrol units and motors, and any
other resources the department chooses to deploy, in a coordinated approach to policing these
areas.
Conversely, many areas of the community see low levels of CFS volume. Indeed, the areas of the
community that are NOT along major arteries or part of the downtown or commercial locations
show very low call volume. On the plus side, the argument can be made that there are no problems
in these areas in general, thus only a limited police presence is required. On the other hand, officers
are initiating a small amount of calls in these “other” areas, which compromises a community
policing philosophy that should be central to the department’s approach to policing the community.