The philosophy behind Community-Oriented Policing is that all members of the community are responsible for the public safety. Police officers are members of the community who are paid to focus their full-time efforts on crime and disorder, but everyone has a role to play in making Brooklyn Park a safe community.

 

C.O.P.S. officers work in partnership with community members, community groups, schools, businesses, other governmental departments and agencies to help bring all available resources to address crime and disorder problems. C.O.P. officers seek to solve or reduce chronic problems and reduce the need for police calls at high-call locations. For more information about C.O.P., call the C.O.P. 's Program Assistant, Connie Sjulstad, at 763-493-8283, or contact the Police Department.

 

Brooklyn Park has an ordinance which holds landlords responsible for controlling the disorderly use of their rental property. The Community-Oriented Policing (C.O.P) unit works closely with rental managers to help them live up to this responsibility. This ordinance DOES NOT prohibit calls for police assistance. No rental resident will be further penalized under this ordinance for simply being a victim of crime.

 

If you have been burglarized or assaulted you can call the police, and our records of these calls will not be used under this ordinance. However, rental residents who have frequent loud parties, who repeatedly invite guests to the property who violently assault others, who fail to keep their dogs from barking, who engage in drug trafficking, or who use the property in some other disorderly manner, may generate police calls which document their disorderly use of the property. The police then ask the rental managers to take reasonable actions to abate and prevent further disorderly use in the rental unit. If the managers refuse, the City Council is able to revoke the rental license for the apartment or rental dwelling unit where the disorderly use is continuing.

 

If you have questions or would like further information, please contact Lieutenant Steve Pearson at 763-493-8232 or by email at steve.pearson@brooklynpark.org