THE COMMUNITY SERVICES POSSE
The Community Services Posse was founded in October of 1994. Since its beginning the
Community Services Posse has become a leader in community involvement. Our members
have participated in every detail the Sheriff has initiated including, but not
limited to, traffic control, child fingerprint and identification details, graffiti
prevention, search and rescue, serving outstanding warrants, Christmas mall patrols,
transporting prisoners, tobacco details, crime prevention patrols, school security,
sex offender notification and many others. Our members regularly volunteer
over 15,000 hours per year and drive in excess of 75,000 annually.
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ABOUT THE POSSE
"The posse is an old idea, born in the Old West when the sheriff would deputize a band of
local citizens to mount up and help him catch the crooks who had just robbed the
stagecoach. Today the Sheriff's Posse in Maricopa County, Arizona, is an authentic,
crime-fighting force. Over 2,500 men and women, ( outnumbering my sworn deputies
ten to one ), have taken the official course and gotten themselves deputized to
serve as more or less fully functioning cops, wearing real uniforms, driving real
police cars. The posse is the best way, in every sense of the word, that I know to
make our communities safer, better places to live."
[ Taken from the book , "Sheriff Joe Arpaio America's Toughest Sheriff" ,The Summit Publishing Group pgs 97 & 100 ]
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POSSE AWARDS
The Community Services Posse was named Posse of the Year for two years in a row for
its outstanding service to the community and Search and Rescue Posse of the Year in 1996.
In 2001 the Community Services Posse won three (3) awards, Posse of the Year Support Division,
Search and Rescue Posseman of the Year and Enforcement Support Posseman of the Year. In 2003
Community Services Posse and its members won three (3) awards, Support Posse of the Year,
the L. C. “Cal” Boies Award and a Special Achievement Award. Again in 2004 and 2006
Community Services Posse personnel won the L. C. “Cal” Boies Award which is the highest award
that can be given to a volunteer posseman.
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POSSE MEETINGS
The Community Services Posse holds its meetings the third Tuesday of every month
from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at the Enforcement Support Building, 3325 W. Durango, Phoenix, Arizona. |
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