| The Jacksonville Police Department is currently utilizing all of the resources at our disposal, including federal and state grants, to enable our officers and the community to work together pro-actively on a daily basis to identify and address community crime problems and assess our success or failure in an objective manner. The citizens of Jacksonville, our local businesses, and civic groups have always worked together to make this a better community and we are about to enter an exciting new era of increased cooperation to tackle the crime and drug problem that exists here in Jacksonville, as it does all over the nation. The Jacksonville Police Department has begun a true partnership with the community in developing innovative techniques to fight crime, this is the essence of community policing. |
| Above, Lt. Joe Tapscott, takes two well behaved students for Illinois School for the Deaf, to lunch at Dairy Queen, through the "Lunch With A Cop" Program. Local community businesses assist in underwriting the cost of the program, which allows deserving elementary age students to be taken to lunch with one of our officers. Illinois School for the Deaf is also Lt. Tapscott's "Adopt-A-School" where he visits several times on a weekly basis to ensure there are no problems or areas in which the police department can be of assistance. Visiting the school also allows Lt. Tapscott to build a rapport with the students and staff making everyone more at ease in dealing with the police. |
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| Patrolman Doug Klendworth looks through bags of toys stored in a conference room at the Jacksonville police station on Wednesday of Nichols Foundation toys. Gifts are customized for each child and generally include a coloring book, crayons, fresh fruit, candy, toothbrush and toothpaste; a hat, mittens, or gloves and a special toy. |
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| Seven-year-old Dylan Brockhouse and his brother, Lance, 9, receive a bag of gifts from Patrolman Doug Klendworth as the Jacksonville Police Department delivers toys Wednesday afternoon. A fund established by Samuel W. Nichols in 1923 is used to purchase gifts with almost 250 bags to be delivered this year. Jacksonville officers will be dropping them off over the next couple of days. |
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| Ptl. Melbourne and Sgt. Adam Mefford assist a child in navagating the course of the bicycle rodeo. |
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