COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING BUREAU
Major Jose Vargas
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING BUREAU
The Community Oriented Policing Bureau’s (COPB) primary function is road patrol, which is under the leadership of Major Jose Vargas. COPB provides quality law enforcement services including responding to emergency calls. The bureau is committed to preventing and reducing crime through a variety of proactive problem-solving initiatives. Within the bureau, there are specialized units and divisions such as: Community Resource Unit, Community Service Aides, Canine (K-9), Field Training Program, Field Force and Honor Guard.
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COMMUNITY RESOURCE UNIT The Community Resource Unit is managed by one sergeant and is comprised of eight community resource officers. The unit is responsible for responding to community needs, evaluating the effectiveness of community programs, crime prevention activities, community concerns, community activities, meetings, presentations and attending special events. This unit is tireless in their efforts to be innovative and dedicated to our community. During 2020, the Community Resource Unit hosted or participated in many programs designed to build bridges into the community. Although the pandemic created challenges throughout the year, the
MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Community Resource Unit continued their efforts by enhancing community relations through special events. It should be noted that CDC guidelines were followed during every event. COMMUNITY SERVICE AIDES The community service aides provided an invaluable level of support to the sworn members of the Miramar Police Department. This unit is comprised of 16 community service aides. The unit responds to traffic complaints and offers assistance, as requested, by officers and immediate supervisors. They write offense and property reports as reported by citizens, and they provide court testimony when needed. The community service aides also provide service to the Records Unit where they provide weekly delivery of correspondence to and from the South Satellite Courthouse and Broward County’s Main Courthouse. Csommunity service aides are assigned to Miramar Police Department’s front desk and Town Center’s front lobby/information desk. The unit also supports other units by providing coverage to communications personnel and serving as the primary investigators on traffic crashes. They provide traffic control whenever possible and enforce parking regulations. Additionally, the community service aides also volunteered at various community events throughout the city. These individuals in the unit accumulated some truly impressive statistics. Throughout the course of the year, the unit responded to 4,979 calls for service, issued 1,218 traffic citations, completed 1,943 offense incident reports, handled 1,530 crash reports and processed countless crime scenes.
