Payson Police Department Volunteer Program

Volunteer Opportunities
Serve your community and become a part of law enforcement. Volunteer opportunities include:

º Volunteer Patrol – Depending on your level of training, you will be able to conduct traffic control, assist with crime scenes, write parking citations, collect found property, deliver documents, use speed radar, and much more.

º Special Events – You can work a booth, direct parking, or perform traffic control for large Town events such as the 4th of July and the World’s Oldest Continuous Running. This can include funeral escorts.

º PATH / Guardian Angel – Make phone calls to our local homebound to check in with them. You can also help with installation and maintenance of our Guardian Angel devices in homes of our local residents.

º Special Assignments – help out in our Records Unit, Property and Evidence, Communications, and more.

º New Programs Coming Soon…. (Relevant training/experience preferred for our specialty units)

Fleet Maintenance – Assist our Fleet Commander with the upkeep of our patrol vehicles including our specialty vehicles.

Drone Program – Assist with major incidents / events by operating one of our drones.

Police Access to Homebound (P.A.T.H.)
Do you know of an elderly, homebound or disabled citizen, or someone who simply lives alone? The Payson Police Department Volunteers In Policing will contact these citizens with a friendly call to ask “How are you doing?” The program is called P.A.T.H. (Police Access To Homebound.) Please refer your loved one to this program, whether they are ill, elderly, homebound or someone who would just like to hear a friendly voice in the morning to see how they are doing.

Guardian Angel Program
If you or someone you know lives alone, this device could save their life. The Guardian Angel, provided by the Town of Payson Police and Fire Departments free of charge, is installed through your existing home telephone system. You wear a small pendant around your neck. If you fall, just push the button to activate the unit. It is programmed to call four numbers of people who know you.