A City By Choice supports the efforts of all volunteers who are donating time, food and/or money to assist searchers working to find Kyron Horman.  Please take a minute to read the message below to see how you can help.

The Skyline Grange is spearheading an effort to support the searchers working on the Kyron Horman search.  They are providing meals and other support at their Grange Hall to the searchers.  There's a lot of congestion up in the area, so to avoid creating more problems, here's what they're asking for:

"We are soliciting the following:

• Commercially prepared food as we will not be cooking
• People knowledgeable in the catering/resturaunt business for assistance or to provide input
• Volunteers to help cart, clean, serve and shop
• CONTRIBUTIONS to purchase supplies and food

How you can help:

• To volunteer or discuss donations, contact Jan at tjcamfam1@msn.com
• To contribute money to help with the effort either donate online at http://srnpdx.org/donate-srn
• or make a check out to Skyline Ridge Neighbors Association - a 501c(3) non profit.

All contributions will go directly to assist in the search for Kyron. Mail the check to Treasurer Karen Garber, 16238 NW McNamee Rd., Portland, OR 97231."
 
Thanks!

Virginia Bruce
The Cedar Mill News
http://cedarmill.org/news
503-803-1813

Geographic Policing (or "Geo" Policing) involves the assignment of public safety service providers to defined geographic areas or beats. Because deputies are consistently assigned to the same beat, they become more familiar with the communities within their beat. This enables them to build relationships with area residents and partnerships with community organizations.  These partnerships build trust between local communities and police and give deputies more insight when addressing recurring problems or recognizing developing trends in the area. Deputies are able to actively involve citizens in the problem solving process and citizens are more comfortable with familiar deputies.  Geo Policing also makes good business sense. Its structure requires a coordinated approach to problem solving by all ranks within the Sheriff's Office. That is, all levels of personnel participate to ensure that daily, short-term, and long-term concerns are addressed.

For instance, deputies respond to traditional emergency incidents and use daily problem solving strategies in and around their beat. They work closely with the Crime Prevention Specialists to mobilize neighborhood watch groups and seek out resources needed to achieve long-term solutions. Shift sergeants share responsibility for all beats during a shift. However, they are specifically responsible for all short-term and long-term strategic planning and problem solving issues that may arise in their individually assigned beat. The patrol lieutenant coordinates division-wide problem solving and helps develop and maintain partnerships and resources across all the geo beats. The commander, with input from the lieutenant, prioritizes problems across all beats for long range planning and allocates available resources to solve them. This ensures the most effective deployment of county resources.

We invite you to get to know the sergeant assigned to your geo beat, and to contact them directly with issues your community is facing.  To learn more visit Who Patrols My Neighborhood where you can obtain the name, e-mail link, and direct telephone number for the sergeant assigned to each area. Please remember that these are non-emergency numbers.

For emergencies, please continue to dial 9-1-1.

(Many thanks to Darlene Schnoor, Washington County Sheriff Department Crime Prevention Specialist for allowing us to repost this.)