There will be a Neighborhood Watch Steering Committee Meeting on
Wednesday, January 28, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at City Hall, 1
Frank Ogawa Plaza, in Hearing Room 4. All Neighborhood Watch
and Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council participants, and
anyone active in Neighborhood Groups, are invited to attend this
important event.
Our guest speaker this month is Deputy Police
Chief Dave Kozicki, Bureau of Field Operations, Oakland Police
Department, who will address the present and future of Community Policing in
Oakland. Simply put, Community Policing is a policing strategy
and philosphy based on the proven notion that community interraction and
support helps control crime, with community members helping to identify
suspects and bring a full range of crime problems to the attention of
police. This is the primary function of our Neighborhood Watch Groups
and our Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils in Oakland - to help the
police control crime.
As Chief of Field Operations, Deputy
Police Chief Kozicki commands most of the Oakland Police
Department's resources which impact police and traffic
enforcement operations, and Community Policing, in Oakland.
This will be an outstanding opportunity for you to hear Deputy Chief
Kozicki address the present and the future of Community Policing in Oakland, and
for you to give him feedback and share ideas for changes in Community
Policing.
Please RSVP to attend this
meeting. You may send an RSVP to Felicia Verdin at
fverdin@oaklandnet.com or you may contact Felicia
at 238-3128. Validated parking in the Clay Street Garage at 14th and Clay
Streets is provided. Please bring your parking stub to the meeting for
validation.