Edited by Morris Dean
The Police Department of the City of Mebane, North Carolina, practices “community-oriented policing” (COP) for the citizens in its jurisdiction. Officers are assigned to be the COP coordinator for particular communities. I live in the Collington Farms development and our coordinator is Officer Rodney Ward, Jr. Besides patrolling our neighborhood regularly and getting to know its residents, Officer Ward helped us set up our Community Watch network and has attended every one of our Community Watch Block Captains meetings.
We are very grateful that he was willing to take the time to be interviewed. [Our questions are in italics.]
