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50 years, the patrol division has been responsible for 24-hours-a-
day, seven-day-a-week coverage for the City of Prineville. Officers
patrol the city and respond to virtually every type of call for service
that is not covered by another part of the city government. When
not enforcing laws, officers patrol the streets in order to remain as
visible as possible. They conduct late night security checks of
downtown businesses and neighborhoods as a part of their securi-
ty patrols in an effort to deter crime with their presence. Many
patrol officers have additional duties with membership on the
Central Oregon Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.).
D.A.R.E.
D.A.R.E., short for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, was devel-
oped because of the alarming increase in drug abuse in teens and
adults.
Every year, the Prineville Police Department brings the program
to the local fifth-grade classes with visits once per week.
Officer Jeff Coffman is a state certified D.A.R.E. instructor for
the Prineville Police Department. For questions
regarding the D.A.R.E. program, contact Officer
Coffman at 541-447-4168, ext. 401
Investigations
The Prineville Police Department has two
full-time police officers assigned to work inves-
tigations. The first is criminal detective Mark
Monroe. He is assigned to work on the most
serious and complicated cases — from physical
abuse cases to homicides.
The second is full-time narcotics detective
Larry Seymour. Detective Seymour is part of
the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Task
Force known as CODE, a taskforce comprised of officers from all
police agencies in Central Oregon.
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COFFMAN
The dispatch center is located in the Prineville Police Department and handles calls for all emergency services in Crook County.
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