 | Geographic Areas
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In an effort to continuously improve the quality of service the Irvine community deserves, the Irvine Police Department transitioned to Geographic Policing on May 24, 2003. This change means Irvine has been divided into three geographic areas. These areas were then given names after much discussion, research, input from department members and the community and based on their geographic location. The names selected are “Portola,” “University” and “Crossroads”
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The Portola area is the Green area of the map and is basically east of Jeffrey Road and north of the I5 Freeway. The Pink area is Crossroads, which is in the general center area of the city. The University area, identified in light purple, is south of the I405 Freeway and west of the San Joaquin Creek. Each of the areas are lead by an Area Commander supported with a cadre of supervisors, Patrol officers, Traffic officers, Investigators and civilian support staff, all of whom are tasked with working toward preventing community safety issues and quickly and effectively resolving issues as they evolve. This change allows for patrol officers, investigators and traffic officers to be assigned to the same geographic area for a “one year” time period. This will make these personnel more familiar with the people that live and work in that area while giving them “ownership” for an entire geographic area. Although the officers may move from area to area within a shift based on the entire city needs they will be held accountable for those issues in their area. A special emphasis will be placed on “Quality of Life” issues that affect each of these communities. These issues generally include traffic, noise and vandalisms. Working on these issues help to reassure our community members that we work and live in one of the safest cities in the nation. These changes strengthen our “partnership” mission and our Values of providing quality of service, integrity, respect and accountability. I encourage you to visit the “geographic areas” portion of this website by clicking on the map. This will let you meet the Area Commanders and learn more about geographic policing in each area of the City. We are confident that in the coming months you will see the benefits of Geographic Policing as our officers work with you to resolve your concerns.
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