Community Policing

About Community Policing

The Cañon City Police Department is a full service, state-accredited, contemporary and progressive law enforcement agency dedicated to community policing. We take pride in forming community partnerships, treating all people fairly, being in strict compliance with constitutional standards and reducing the fear of crime throughout our community by utilizing the latest in crime prevention techniques and enforcement initiatives. The Cañon City Police Department (CCPD) currently consists of over 50 professionals who are dedicated to providing public safety and has been providing excellence in police services for over 100 hundred years.

Programs

CCPD actively supports a Community Policing Philosophy. Police Officers are encouraged to work with individuals and organizations in the community to make our community safer. We engage in problem-solving whenever the opportunity exists to do so. The Police Department hosts a variety of community programs to build a strong bond with all members of the community. These programs include:

• Citizen Police Academy
• College Intern Program
• Crime Free Multi-Housing
• Crime Mapping
• Crime Prevention Unit
• Crime Stoppers
• Downtown Bar Association
• Financial Institution Task Force
• How to Obtain a Police Report (PDF)
• Living with Wildlife
• National Night Out Against Crime
• Neighborhood and Business Watch Programs
• Police Ride Alongs
• School Resource Officers and Adopt a School Program
• Sex Offender Information (link to SOTAR)
• Teen Police Academy

Surveys

Finally, CCPD conducts telephone surveys to gauge community satisfaction with our policing services. The telephone surveys are conducted by Criminal Justice students from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Our surveys are rated on a scale of 1 through 5 (with 5 being the highest rating). Our 2014 overall rating was 4.9. Please feel free to take our online survey. We appreciate your assistance.