Overview
The Community Partnerships and Outreach Unit (CPO) is a diverse group of sworn and civilian employees assigned to A Community Outreach Program (ACOP), Crime Prevention, Community Engagement Specialist, Volunteer Services (Reserve Officers, Chaplains, Police Band, Honor Guard) and U-Visas.
Our goal is to establish and maintain partnerships with community groups, and Public Housing. CPO has several areas of focus including, prevention, intervention and education pertaining to variety of law enforcement issues.
The Community Partnerships and Outreach Unit is led by Commander Lynette Cherry and is based in our headquarters at 367 Grove St, Saint Paul, MN 55104. She can be reached at 651-266-5867 or by email.
A Community Outreach Program (A.C.O.P.)
A Community Outreach Program (A.C.O.P.) is essentially a community-based police outreach program with concentrated efforts in the four (4) Saint Paul public housing communities of Dunedin, McDonough, Mount Airy and Roosevelt. A.C.O.P. is a cooperative program, jointly sponsored by the Saint Paul Police Department and the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency.
The A.C.O.P. policing team helps families with law enforcement matters, crisis intervention and family counseling.
A.C.O.P. officers are based at the McDonough Community Center, 1544 Timberlake Road, Saint Paul, MN 55107.
Contact Sergeant Darryl Boerger more information: 651-558-2305 or email.
