ORLANDO, Fla. – Bridging the gap between communities and law enforcement through faith, Friday marked the start of National Faith & Blue Weekend with events scheduled in Ocala, St.
Cloud and Orlando.Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon said he’s bringing back the neighborhood patrol unit so officers can better understand the areas they serve, and help improve relationships between community members and police.“There is a huge opportunity for us to bring that program back to OPD.
It’s a program that, unfortunately when violent crime took a spike in the 2008 era, we did away with most of our resources when it comes to the neighborhood patrol unit so we could form violent-offender-type units to bring down violent crime activity.