The Patrol offers real police coverage.
- The Patrol officers are all Dekalb County or City of Atlanta police, not
security guards, so they are in direct communication with police headquarters
and have the authority to arrest.
- Always in uniform, the officers wear some form of police identification
while patrolling, and their cars usually bear the "Druid Hills Patrol" sign.
- "Patrolling" consists of walking, bicycling or driving slowly through the
neighborhood, watching for suspicious activity and stopping to get a closer
look at questionable circumstances or people.
- Patrol officers often stop to talk to members or to do random checks of
the exterior and out-buildings of members' homes, documenting their visits by
leaving notes and sending an email message the day of their visit.
- Officers will also check homes daily while the owners are away. A simple
request via the Patrol phone or a note left in the Patrol mailboxes is all it
takes.
