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The Support Services Division strongly promotes active involvement of the community in crime prevention and reduction through a division wide focus on community policing. All officers within the Support Services Division, to include all bureaus, are assigned a geographical area of the city as a community police project. The intent is to enhance the Police Department’s response to area citizens by addressing the issues that are of primary concern to each individual neighborhood. The Weed and Seed Area, located in the central city, has been expanded to enhance the programs targeted toward crime prevention and reduction in the city center. A priority in the immediate future is to increase the Volunteers In Policing (VIP) program as well as citizen involvement in Community Councils and Neighborhood Watch.
Investigative methods involving sting-type operations will be increased throughout the year to target issues such as vehicle burglaries, thefts and property crimes. Property crimes, such as vandalism by graffiti, are quickly addressed by contacting the Graffiti Removal program. Community involvement means crime prevention. Citizens can affect property related crimes at little cost through crime prevention efforts. A significant number of these crimes are crimes of opportunity caused by leaving property attended in vehicles or yards. Using garages, locking cars and removing property from view are simple, but effective methods of crime prevention.
School safety programs continue to provide our children with a wholesome environment for learning in city schools. This is accomplished through the School Resource Officer program in the middle schools and high schools as well as the DARE program in the elementary schools. Both programs are forms of mentoring and educating through a cooperative effort of the Police Department and the Ogden City Schools.
The primary functions of the Support Services Division are divided into the following separate and distinct bureaus:
The Weber Morgan Narcotics Strike Force performs narcotics eradication and drug investigations in Weber and Morgan Counties. The primary responsibilities of the WMNSF are Narcotics Investigations, Pharmaceutical Diversions, TIP-a-COP, Grant Management, Interagency Coordination and Clandestine Lab Response.
The Major Crimes Bureau provides follow-up investigation for felony and misdemeanor crimes. The primary responsibilities of the Major Crimes Bureau are Robbery, Auto Theft, Sexual Assault, Kidnapping, Burglary, Arson, Theft, Pawns, Checks / Fraud / Identity Theft, Misdemeanor Follow-up, Missing Persons and the Northern Utah Criminal Apprehension Team.
Youth Crimes Bureau whose function provides Gang Investigations, Crimes against Children, Domestic Violence, D.A.R.E instruction for 5th graders and School Resource Officers in our High Schools and Middle Schools. Other responsibilities include, Vice Operations, management of Youth and Gang Grants, and Business License Review.
The Records Bureau provides clerical support for records management in the department to include Records Management, Alarm Program, Records Expungement, Insurance Reports and Information Requests.
The Community Policing Bureau has primary focus on neighborhoods through problem oriented policing and by coordinating neighborhood watch and the volunteers in policing program.
The Training Bureau administers training, documentation of training hours, and manages the police fleet, evidence and mobile data functions.
The Crime Analysis Bureau is a primary contributor to the department’s crime reduction effort providing statistical crime trend data for investigative and administrative purposes.
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