The achievement of the Department’s mission and objectives is best served by the active participation of citizens in the community. To this end, the Department established a Citizens on Patrol (COP) volunteer program in 1995. These citizens patrol our community and report observed criminal or suspicious activity to on-duty officers. This has been one of the most productive community partnerships our Department has developed within the last ten years.

Since their beginning, these self-funded volunteers have patrolled a total of over 298,000 miles in their private vehicles. This equates to a cost of over $21,000 in fuel. Additionally, if this service was provided by salaried employees the cost would have exceeded $300,000.

Longview Citizens have many things of which to be proud and these volunteers are high on the list. They are pro-active citizens who provide a quality of service to their community that any city or police agency would do well to emulate. To apply to the Citizens on Patrol, click here.