The
Neighborhood Action Team (NAT) is a problem-oriented bicycle-policing unit
that solves neighborhood problems. The
Neighborhood Action Team strives to be world class and engages the
community to mutually solve neighborhood problems and work in partnership
with all the diverse residential and business communities of the city,
wherever people live, work, or visit, to enhance public safety and to
reduce the fear and incidence of crime.
The
mission of the Neighborhood Action Team is to use the advantage of bicycle
patrol to complement and enhance the quality of safety, and service,
already provided to the community of Pas
adena.
Bicycle patrol officers have the advantage of being able to
traverse any area in the city at any time.
Bicycles are capable of maneuvering swiftly and safely through
congested vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Bicycle patrol is a proactive method of police patrol.
Bicycles are often silent and difficult to see, providing the
bicycle patrol officer with the advantage when attempting to apprehend
offenders who are in the process of committing crimes and patrol areas
that are not accessible to police vehicles.
The
Neighborhood Action Team patrols "Special Policing Districts"
which are identified by crime statistics, calls for service, and officer
and citizen observations. A
mobile sub-station is strategically deployed within the policing district
as a temporary police station. The
mobile sub-station provides bicycle officers with a place to write police
reports, contact residents, and hold impromptu neighborhood meetings. When deployed, the mobile sub-station is staffed with police
personnel and operates as a neighborhood outreach center.
Bicycle
patrol encourages the approachability of officers providing the officer
with the opportunity to make positive contacts with the community through
the "The "Pasadena Way."
