Dunwoody pulls from public to aid police

Faced with budget constraints and limited prospects of expanding its force, the Dunwoody Police Department is adding more eyes and ears to public safety.

At the Nov. 12 City Council meeting, Police Chief Mike Carlson discussed two auxiliary programs that may contribute to fighting crime.

The department’s Public Safety Ambassador program, which rolled out this fall, helps take the load off sworn officers with civilian employees who respond to less serious incidents. 

“Our [Public Safety] Ambassadors have been doing a phenomenal job of taking a lot of those noncritical incidents off the plate of the officers that are out there, so they can be more proactive at getting the crime,” Carlson said.

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