Community Impact Unit
The Rome Police Department Community Impact Unit seeks to proactively build and maintain partnerships with Rome’s business owners, citizens, and visitors to help identify crime and disorder problems plaguing the City. Officers heavily saturate the foot-trafficked areas of Rome through intensive patrols on foot and bicycle.
The Community Impact Unit aggressively addresses quality-of-life issues, including disorderly conduct, littering, loitering, public intoxication, and street narcotics. However, unit members will also address crime in residential neighborhoods - areas plagued with persistent burglaries and violations occurring within abandoned homes and lots. Additionally, the Officers distribute direct contact information to citizens who wish to discuss their concerns of crime on an immediate and personalized level.
The success of the program and the overwhelming response from the community has influenced daily policing efforts within the department. Currently, the department has restructured its policing practices, recognizing the importance and success of community policing. With continued effort and maintaining a strong relationship between the department and the community, the City of Rome continues to benefit from the success of the Community Impact Unit.
Contact information
Nicolaus Schreppel
Sergeant
301 N. James Street
Rome, NY 13440
Phone: (315) 339-7700
schreppeln@romepd.com
Rome Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative
Comments regarding the Rome Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative should be submitted to policereform@romepd.com
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Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers Wanted Person of the Week
The Rome City Police Department and Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers are asking for the public's help in locating this week's Wanted Person of the Week, a 38-year-old Rome man.
Police are searching for 38-year-old Shawn M. Tennant whose last known address was in the city of Rome, according to Detective Shane Riolo of the Rome Police Department.
Riolo says, Tennant is wanted on two separate Rome City Court Arrest Warrants, one for Burglary in the Third Degree and the other for Petit Larceny. Police say Tennant has also failed to appear in front of the Rome City Court as directed on several other charges and there are two additional Bench Warrants for his arrest. Tennant has no known current address but is believed to be in the Rome or Utica area.