San Jose Police Department, CA
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In San Jose the Community Service Officer (CSO) is a relatively new civilian position, beginning in mid-2014. Several other cities across America also use Community Service Officers within their Police Departments.
The CSOs are deployed throughout San Jose to help police officers by responding to and investigating lower priority calls for service. This allows police officers to remain available to respond to higher priority emergency calls and have more time for proactive enforcement.
CSOs perform limited enforcement duties like issuing parking citations, and towing abandoned vehicles. The types of calls the CSOs respond to and investigate include:
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- Burglary – commercial, residential, vehicle
- Petty theft
- Grand theft
- Vehicle theft – initial report and/or recovery
- Vandalism
- Non-injury traffic collisions
- Missing persons
- Road Hazards
- Directs and controls crowds and traffic at accidents or special events including setting up cone and/or road flare patterns
- Abandoned vehicles
- Assistance with crime scene investigation
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