THE THIN LINE SPOTLIGHT
BRAD ARNOLD
One way the department gets in front of citizens is by attending homeowner association (HOA) meetings.
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The Noblesville Police Department is looking forward to once again engaging with the residents of Noblesville. After a year filled with few events, the department is ramping up for a summer filled with events and services to connect with the community.
“All of our officers are assigned a certain area within the city,” Arnold says. “Each day an officer may patrol a certain district, but overall there’s a certain section of the city that one or two officers are specifically assigned to, and those are done in such a way where they can have more personal relationships with those HOAs, subdivisions and residents. They can create more of a personal connection with the police department.”
weren’t able to do much last year as most people were staying in, but this year we will be out on the water during the weekends The officers provide safety and security for “We’re hopeful this year we can return and peak times. Here in Noblesville, we’re local events. to doing and providing all the services so proud of the growing miles of trails we we haven’t been able to last year with have. We’ll have officers on bikes on those “We will be providing security at the July COVID,” says Brad Arnold, assistant chief trailways.” 4th parade, but we’ll also be there to interact of police for the City of Noblesville Police with the public,” Arnold says. “The 4-H fair Department. “A lot of those things are ways Interns are utilized so young adults can will be here before we know it, and we’ll we interact with the community. When learn about the department and its officers. have a booth there as well. ” we were shut down, that hindered us from Adults can participate in the Citizens staying as connected as we wanted to be Academy. The bike and boat patrol will be out on local with the community. One of our priorities trails and Morse Reservoir. this year is being able to reconnect at a more “Interns go through the different aspects of personal level again with the residents of the department at a more thorough level,” “We always have the bike and boat patrol Noblesville.” Arnold says. “It gives them a complete out every summer,” Arnold says. “We 38 / NOBLESVILLE MAGAZINE / JULY 2021 / TownePost.com
