112th Precinct To Roll Out Neighborhood Policing In Forest Hills

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS -- The NYPD's 112th precinct will soon split its Forest Hills and Rego Park coverage area into four sectors under a new program slated to launch next month.

The 112th Precinct announced on Twitter that it will adopt the NYPD's "Neighborhood Policing Program" in the coming weeks, which divides precincts into several fully staffed sectors that aim to correspond to the boundaries of individual neighborhoods.

Each sector is assigned two designated "Neighborhood Coordination Officers" who work the same shifts in the same areas to familiarize themselves with the residents and local problems of each one, according to the NYPD.

Precinct 112 recently announced the NCOs for each of its four sectors, categorized A through D.

Sector A will cover the bulk of Forest Hills between Queens Boulevard, Union Turnpike and Yellowstone Boulevard. The rest of the neighborhood is divided up between Sector D and parts of Sector C.

Rego Park encompasses all of Sector B and a small part of Sector C.

The 112th Precinct will host a meeting at Queens Metropolitan High School on Aug. 2 for residents of each sector to meet their designated officers and learn more about the program.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. and refreshments will be served.

The NYPD introduced Neighborhood Policing in 2015 to improve communication between residents and local police officers. The department aims to roll out the project in all of the city's precincts by 2019.

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