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Districts
Our Mission:
"To optimize public safety
in the City of Calgary"
Community Liasion Officers
The 34 community liaison officers (CLOs) stationed across the city are the Service's ambassadors to residents, businesses and schools. They provide a key point of contact for community policing initiatives and problem-solving.
The city of Calgary is divided into eight policing districts and each district is divided into zones. Based out of the district offices, each zone has an assigned CLO whose full-time responsibility is identifying and resolving safety and security issues of concern to those who live, work, socialize and go to school in the zone.
Initially a 1995 pilot project in District 4, the appointment of CLOs for every zone in the city took place in 1998.
The Calgary Police Service is committed to community-based policing, which encourages community members to help in directing policing efforts through open discussion of concerns, and through their involvement in developing solutions to crime problems.
Community-based policing fosters relationships between police officers and citizens as they work together to develop crime prevention strategies that are tailored for the specific needs of a community.
"The proactive work these officers do is instrumental in keeping the lines of communication open with the people we serve," says Chief Jack Beaton. "The CLO program has proven its value to the Service and the city through various community-based policing successes."
While CLOs work with the schools in their zones, officers from the Community and Youth Services Section work in all of Calgary's schools.
For more information on the service for elementary and junior high schools visit the Youth Education and Intervention Program pages.
For high schools, visit the School Resources Officer page.
The men and women assigned to the CLO positions:
- facilitate the flow of information between police and the community, and maintain contact with community groups, businesses and schools,
- conduct reviews of appropriate business licence applications, development permits and land-use change applications using principles of Cime Prevention Through Environmental Design,
- monitor policing needs in their assigned zone, including crime trends, traffic concerns and social issues, with the goal of facilitating the development of programs to address problems,
- act as an information resource for community members and for officers within the district.
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