To better serve the community with building a strong and cohesive partnership with our allied law enforcement community, the Takoma Park Police and the District of Columbia Police Departments have agreed to patrol the borders of Takoma Park and the District of Columbia together.
Effectively immediately, every Thursday and Friday, one Officer from each agency will ride together and patrol the borders of each respective jurisdiction. The focus of the initiative is to combat crime along the borders, with the priority being to identify, apprehend and prosecute persons responsible for committing crimes and using the borders as their escape routes.
Recently, there has been an upsurge in the street robberies in the areas near and around the Takoma Park Metro Station and the feeder streets to include the Eastern Avenue corridor of the T1 beat. Several arrests have been made and several of the suspects were linked back to the District of Columbia and in one instance the suspects fled in a stolen vehicle and was last observed going into the District of Columbia. The initiative will also increase the flow of information across the borders and into the community such as suspect lookout information. The joint patrols will enhance Officers’ chances of apprehending suspects in a more expeditious manner.
Posted by Cathy at December 21, 2007 09:32 AM