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Perris Citizens Patrol |
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The Perris Citizens Patrol was formed in the fall of 1997, under the guidance of Captain Jeff Turley to assist the City of Perris Police Department under contract with the Riverside County Sheriff Department. Volunteers received training from Sgt. Ron Berry and other staff members of the Perris Station. On February 20, 1998, our first patrol took to the streets of Perris. During the first few months we had to prove to the deputies we were there to assist them in any way possible and once this happen we became part of the "family". The first ten (10) months of 1998 our volunteers were called out to respond to eleven (11) major traffic accidents to provide traffic control sometimes up to ten (10) hours due to the investigations of fatal crashes. We responded to a double homicide to provide crowd and traffic control at the crime scene, where this turned into a learning session for all the volunteers, since we had a large area to control so the deputies could do their investigations. We will cover this training twice a year with all our volunteers, just to keep them alert of what needs to be done at crime scenes. Our volunteers donated 1,999 hours in 1998, which save our city over $100,000 the first year due to all of the call-outs to provide the extra help that was needed and get the deputies back out on patrol where they were needed. During 1999, our volunteers donated 2,400 hours of patrol time with 400 hours of those hours on emergency call-outs. Our volunteers are responsible for the arrest of three D.U.I Drivers and the recovery of four stolen vehicles. |
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