• H.E.A.T. (Hot-Spot Enforcement and Assistance Teams): 12 officers.
  Two six-officer teams are proposed to provide a HEAT Team for each police district and special commercial corridor enforcement. The Police Department assigns Hotspot Enforcement Assistance Teams to work in
  areas with specific criminal enforcement needs, such as focused enforcement and operations or targeting known violent offenders.
   
• Neighborhood Patrols: 24 officers.
  Four six-officer teams are proposed to create neighborhood patrol units for each police district. Increased staffing in this area will allow for foot and bicycle patrols within neighborhoods.
   
• Gang, Narcotics and Sex Offender Enforcement: 7 officers.
  They will engage in monitoring initiatives and will focus additional resources on the criminal acts that most often target and endanger youth and young adults.
   
• School Resource and Community Outreach: 5 officers.
  These programs will offer identified youth alternatives to engaging in criminal behavior.
   
• Bomb Squad/Arson Investigations: 3 Fire Investigator/Inspector/EOD technicians.
  This program will cross-train three new technician positions in fire inspection, arson investigation and explosives ordnance disposal.
   
• Community Court: 1 Municipal Court Judge, 1 Community Prosecutor, 1 Paralegal, 1 Court Clerk.
  This is a specifically dedicated Municipal Court resource to act as a Community Court that adjudicates quality-of-life offenses that contribute to the deterioration of local neighborhoods. While the other Arlington municipal courts will also supplement the Community Court in hearing these quality-of-life offenses, the Community Court’s primary focus will be to support the plan initiatives.
   
• Parks Community Policing Program: funding for additional security staffing.
  This program provides additional patrol by park staff, police officers, and private security officers in city parks and on city property.

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