Making Carrollton A Safer Community

• We're extra eyes and ears for the Carrollton Police Department.
• We patrol the city looking for potential problems as well as criminal activity, and we immediately report them to the police.
• We're volunteers.
• Our training is provided by the Carrollton Police Department, and we carry police radios, but we use our own vehicles, our own fuel, and our own time.

• We're citizens of the City of Carrollton, and we're interested in helping to keep our city safe and pleasant place to live and work.

Joining the Carrollton Citizen Patrol
 

Eligibility
You are eligible to become a member of the Carrollton Citizen Patrol if you have been a resident of the City of Carrollton for at least one year, and have graduated from the Carrollton Citizen Police Academy or are a member of an active Neighborhood Crime Watch unit. In addition, you must be willing to devote at least four hours per month to patrolling.

Training
Each candidate must attend a 12-hour class. Topics include Patrol Procedures and Techniques, Police Dispatch procedures, Legal Issues, and Environmental Health Concerns. After having completed the class, candidates must spend four hours observing operations in Police Dispatch, and four hours riding with a police officer as an observer. New patroll members will then be asked to patrol with an experienced patrol member before going out on their own. All citizen patrols are conducted with two man patrols.

E-mail Crime Prevention or call at 972-466-3330 for more information.