Team One

The Community Patrol Unit utilizes a team policing concept. This Unit promotes crime prevention and the shared responsibility between the community and the police for resolving crime problems and maintaining public order that may be unique to a specific area of the City of Peterborough and the Village of Lakefield. Teams annually set goals and objectives, plan Team meetings in the community, and design strategies to achieve their goals and objectives.

During 2009, members of Team One partnered with the Traffic Unit to conduct education and enforcement details relating to the use of bicycles and skateboards. Team One officers met with the downtown bars and licensed establishments and reviewed the liquor licence responsibilities and laws relating to the use of force by bar staff when dealing with unwanted parties. Team members also conducted joint enforcement details with Liquor Inspectors from the Alcohol Gaming Commission of Ontario. Team members supported security efforts at the DBIA Rib Fest and the Head of the Trent event, resulting in no significant incidents related to these events. In order to clearly show the challenges faced by Team One members policing the downtown core, members of the DBIA participated in a ride-along program with Team One members during a night shift.