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The SRT responds to critical incidents in the Town of Paradise. Critical incidents include volatile situations where a subject may be barricaded or a hostage is involved. The team is deployed to incidents where special weapons and tactics are necessary to assist with a safe solution in a highly volatile situation. As part of the Special Response Team, the Hostage Negotiations Team (HNT) is also deployed in volatile situations. This team is currently made up of two officers and two public safety dispatchers. All team members receive special testing and additional, continuous training in this area. These team members are called upon to assist the SRT in managing critical incidents at the scene. The SRT and HNT members train with Chico Police Department and are available to other surrounding agencies in order to provide a greater depth of service and safety to the Paradise community and Butte County. In partnership with the Paradise Unified School District, the School Resource Officer program was started in 1999 to provide assistance to the schools and early, positive, law enforcement intervention with the students in the Town of Paradise. Dr. Richard Landess, Superintendent of the Paradise Unified School District, has been pleased with the results of this program in the schools. The School Resource Officers, currently assigned to the Paradise High School and the Paradise Intermediate and Elementary Schools are: Officer Robert Pickering Officer Pickering has been with the Paradise Police Department since July 1999. He came to Paradise after serving as a Sergeant in the armed forces for nine years. Having been raised in Chico, he returned with his family to the area and made his home in the Paradise/Magalia community. Officer Pickering was appointed as the School Resource Officer for the Paradise School District in September 2002. His current assignment is at the Paradise High School. His duties include traffic enforcement, drug enforcement, assist school authorities as necessary and provide a positive law enforcement presence on campus. Officer Pickering is involved with intervention and counseling with the students, as appropriate. He enjoys a good rapport with the students, always making himself available when they need assistance. Officer Pickering also attends the large public sporting events and dances. Having a positive law enforcement presence on the campus of the Paradise High School contributes to a lower crime rate at the school and in the community. To report criminal or unusual activity occurring at one of the school campuses, please contact the School Resource Officers through the 24-hour dispatch center at 872-6241. BINTF - Butte Inter-agency Narcotics Task Force Paradise Police Department participates in the county-wide Inter-Agency Narcotics Task Force. Crimes involving drug activity, drug labs, or other narcotics investigations are referred to this Task Force. If you suspect drug activity in your neighborhood, you may call the BINTF 24 hour Tip-Line at 879-3784. Your information can remain anonymous.
K9 UNITS
These Officers with their K9 partners are an integral part of the law enforcement team in the Paradise Police Department. As you may know the Town of Paradise has certain budget restraints that have placed an ever tightening grip on all non-essential services. The costs to add a third K-9 to the program as well as any replacement of a K-9 due to age or injury are normally not covered by the Town budget. Some specialized training for Narcotics or Tracking may also not be covered. For this reason donations are gratefully accepted for this program.
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The Special Response Team (SRT) of the
Paradise Police Department is a combination of patrol officers who
voluntarily apply for a position on the team. The officers
must pass the required physical agility and weapons tests and then
attend special training classes. Continuous training as a
team is required of the officers who are appointed to the team.
Currently,
the Paradise Police Department has two K9 units. Officer J C Gebbia and Officer
Anthony Oswald and his partner "Rudie", a Belgian Malanois, are working
the streets of Paradise with Sergeant Jason Imboden and "Lucy", a Yellow
Lab who works as a drug detection canine.