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In an effort to facilitate a virtual Neighborhood Watch program and help foster neighbor-to-neighbor communications, our department has partnered with Nextdoor, the first private social network for neighborhoods.

Nextdoor is free for residents and for the City of Ventura. Each neighborhood creates its own private Nextdoor website, accessible only to residents of that neighborhood. 

Ventura residents can use Nextdoor to get to know their neighbors, ask questions, and exchange local advice and recommendations.  Neighbors who use Nextdoor share information about neighborhood watch and safety issues, local events, school activities, plumber and babysitter recommendations, upcoming garage sales, lost pets, and much more.

To learn more click here, or on the image above.

VPD's Strategic Plan: A Crime Fighting Blueprint for Our Community

On behalf of the Ventura Police Department's Crime Fighting Team, I am pleased to present our three-year strategic plan:  A Crime Fighting Blueprint for Our Community 2011-2014.

The document outlines the major goals our department will pursue over the next three years.  We use identified  measures to track our progress towards accomplishing our goals and implement a wide range of strategies to use as operational tools to get the work done.  These crime fighting strategies not only include the work of sworn police officers, but just as importantly, the work of civilian employees and community volunteers.

I encourage you to review our plan via the link shown above or you can also view the document as a pdf or download it at your convenience here. 

The goals of this plan serve as the foundation of how we will pursue our crime fighting efforts and respond to the challenges and dynamic changes that lie ahead.  I am inspired each day  by the Crime Fighting Spirit shared by our Crime Fighting Team, and I am honored to serve the  Ventura community as Police Chief and remain committed to the success of the Ventura  Police Department.

Sincerely,

Police Chief, Ken Corney