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220 W. Morehead Street
(336) 349-1011
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The overall objective of the Police Department is to protect and serve the citizens of Reidsville with 24-hour-a-day police coverage. This is accomplished through its four-division organizational structure: Patrol, Detective, Community Policing and Administrative. The Department employs 41 sworn officers and nine civilians for a total of 50 full-time employees. The Department also has six -sworn reserve officers.
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ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION |
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The Administrative Division is headed by Edd Hunt, Chief of Police, and consists of six positions: Chief of Police, Administrative Lieutenant, Animal Control Officer, Executive Assistant, Records Specialist and the Custodian. The Chief supervises the Captain of Patrol, Captain of Detectives, Captain of Community Policing, Administrative Lieutenant and an Executive Assistant. The Administrative Division is responsible for the overall operations of the Police Department and provides support services to the other divisions. |
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PATROL DIVISION |
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The Patrol Division includes sworn officers and four telecommunicators. These members protect the citizens of Reidsville by answering calls for police services as first responders, taking reports of crimes and complaints, and by conducting follow-up investigations sometime resulting in the arrests of criminals or detaining suspects. The Patrol Division performs community and business security patrols, and provides security at events where crowds and/or traffic control is necessary. A large part of the Patrol function is the enforcement of motor vehicle laws, both state and local. This is achieved through speed and DWI enforcement, traffic crash investigation and enforcement of local parking ordinances. Other areas of work in Patrol consist of Community Policing functions, crime scene processing and the use of high visibility patrol techniques to discourage and prevent criminal activity. Among the many services provided to the public by Patrol are residential security checks, and bank and funeral escorts.
The 11-member Special Response Team (SRT) is under the supervision and command of the Patrol Division. This team handles high-risk arrests and other crisis situations such as barricaded felons, hostage situations, suicide calls and other related incidents. The SRT unit is trained in special weapons use, tactical response and crowd control.
Canine units are assigned to Patrol as well as special investgiations. The canine teams assist patrol and special investigations by their scenting ability to track subjects and in the detection of narcotics. The Lead Canine Officer supervises the department's canine teams and is under the command of the Patrol Captain.
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COMMUNITY POLICING DIVISION |
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The purpose of the Community Policing Division is to develop and foster community partnerships with the citizens of Reidsville. These partnerships allow our officers to work with citizens to recognize and resolve community concerns, quality of life issues, and to solve crime problems in our city. Our Community Policing philosophy says, “We cannot do the work alone.” The Reidsville Police Department takes a proactive approach to Community Policing and works with approximately 54 Neighborhood Watch groups, which emphasize crime prevention strategies.
The Community Policing Division provides Project D.A.R.E. to approximately 400 students each semester at two elementary schools and the Intermediate School in Reidsville. School Resource Officers are assigned to the Reidsville Senior High School, Reidsville Middle School and the SCORE Center. A Downtown Patrol Officer whose primary responsibility is the downtown beat, works with the merchants on downtown crime matters, and works on traffic control and parking in the downtown business district. The Community Policing Captain establishes and maintains Neighborhood Watch groups and addresses the Watch Groups' quality of life issues, their crime concerns, and provides them with crime prevention tips. Also, the Community Policing Division, upon request, performs school safety audits, home and business crime prevention surveys and crime prevention workshops. The Division is involved in community special events such as Special Olympics, National Night Out, and the Explorer Post Pork Shoulder sale. The Community Policing Division works to reduce juvenile involvement in crime by providing a summer bike patrol to work with communities and our youth during the summer months. It strives to recruit bright young potential law enforcement officer candidates into the Reidsville Police Department by recruiting young men and women between the ages of 14 and 21 to join Police Explorer Post #4349.
The Community Policing Division is responsible for patrolling the city property of Lake Reidsville and Lake Hunt . This includes the enforcement of the criminal laws, traffic laws, and city ordinances relating to the property, the Lakes, and the camp grounds. This also includes the security of city property, facilities and the scheduled events at each location. |
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PARK RANGER |
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The Park Ranger is a sworn officer of the Reidsville Police Department and is supervised by the Community Policing Captain. The Park Ranger works in close concert with the staff of the Parks and Recreation Department to provide law enforcement services at the City's two lakes: Lake Reidsville and Lake Hunt . This officer is responsible for protecting the City's water supply, protection of the general public and enforcing State, Local and Federal laws. These laws include traffic, boating and fishing regulations, Federal Firearms laws and City and State health and water regulations. The Park Ranger also fills in as a shift police officer and as Animal Control Officer when necessary due to staffing shortages. |
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DETECTIVE DIVISION |
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The Division is responsible for receiving investigative reports from the Patrol Division and through investigation, interview and interrogation, search and seizure, detectives solve crimes and build cases against suspects. Typical duties performed by investigators include investigation of all crimes unsolved by patrol, collection of evidence at crime scenes, personal re-contact with victims, processing of arrestees, testifying in court, presentation of crime prevention programs, surveillance of criminal activity, and community policing programs. Investigators also conduct drug investigations of potential violators, execute search warrants, conduct undercover campaigns, and purchase narcotics, usually employing the services of informants.
The Detective Division is headed by a Captain, who oversees a division that consists of two units, Criminal and Special Investigations. Each of these units is supervised by a lieutenant. The Criminal Investigations Lieutenant manages a caseload as does the Criminal Sergeant, two Criminal Detectives, and Youth Detective under their supervision.
The Special Investigations Lieutenant conducts narcotics investigations, as do the two narcotics detectives under his supervision. This lieutenant also serves as the supervisor for the division's two-member tactical (TACT) unit. One of the tactical officers is a sergeant, who assists in the supervision of the Special Investigations Unit. TACT’s primary function is to aggressively combat street level drug and criminal activity utilizing innovative techniques, which include the services of a narcotics detection canine. The lieutenant is also responsible for the enforcement of the Alcohol Beverage Control laws and regulations in the City. |
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