WALKING PATROL UNIT
The Central Division Walking Patrol consists of three full time officers. Two officers patrol the area around the Square and have primary responsibility for the safety of Center City; one officer patrols the South End. Maintaining high visibility enables these officers to prevent crime and assist visitors to the Center City. Their duties include security of the various banks, enforcing motor vehicles laws, responding to calls for service and assisting with special events.  Since they are not restricted by a car, they are able to provide a faster response to some of the events that occur in the area.

The Central Division is fortunate to have Officers Ronnie Ensminger and Charlie Walker in the Center City and Officer Mike Cucinella in South End.  They have over 60 years of law enforcement experience among them and were specifically selected for this assignment. 

Walking Patrol Supervisor       
Sergeant Mickey Henderson (1st shift)
704.336.5729  mhenderson@cmpd.org

Walking Patrol
Officer Mike Cucinella mcucinella@cmpd.org
Officer Ronnie Ensminger jensminger@cmpd.org
Officer Charlie Walker cwalker@cmpd.org

BIKE PATROL
The Central Division Bike Patrol consists of 12 full time officers. The Bike Patrol's efforts are primarily directed at patrolling the Center City area, the Gateway area, and the South End. Bike Patrol officers perform the same duties as a district patrol officers in a car with one exception - YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM THEM! The bikes allow officers to go places a district patrol car cannot go. The unit was formed as and still is the Police Department's primary component of its community policing initiative. The Bike Patrol also puts on bike safety classes and is actively involved with the elementary schools. Each bike officer is L.E.B.A. (Law Enforcement Bike Association) certified and is issued a specially equipped mountain bike. This unit works all year around.  Response Area 1 Commander Dave Moorefield supervises the bike unit. He can be contacted at              
dmoorefield@cmpd.org    

 BIKE OFFICERS 

1st Shift
Officer Jeff Bingham jbingham@cmpd.org
Officer Jeff Templeton jtempleton@cmpd.org

Officer Anthony Dillingham adillingham@cmpd.org
Officer Charlie Eubank ceubank@cmpd.org

2nd Shift
Officer Mark Mauldin mmauldin1@cmpd.org
Officer Dave Tropeano dtropeano@cmpd.org

Officer Chet Ensley rensley@cmpd.org - patrol car
Officer Monica Nance mnance@cmpd.org

Officer Mike Cotton rcotton@cmpd.org
Officer Joe Scalise jscalise@cmpd.org

4th Shift
Officer John Rape - jrape@cmpd.org
Officer James Chilton - jchilton@cmpd.org

CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIROMENTAL DESIGN
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) embodies the concept that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the incidence of crime and the fear of crime, to improve the quality of life.  CPTED is based on the concept that crime only occurs when the opportunity exists to perform acts such as vandalism, theft, burglary and assault.  Therefore, tactics such as effective lighting, visible security (e.g. bars or cameras) and effective signage reduce opportunity by increasing the likelihood of being caught. In Central Division, several officers are CPTED certified.  These officers attend a forty hour training session and a few attended advanced training.  

CPTED Supervisor
Sergeant Bill Cunningham 704.336.5729
ocunningham@cmpd.org

COMMUNITY COORDINATORS
Community Coordinators serve as the district's primary communication link to its communities and their leaders.  They work more closely with community leadership to ensure that resources are coordinated to address community crime and quality of life problems.  Although problem solving is expected of all officers, Community Coordinators are not tied to primary responses to 911 calls for service or shifts.  This enables them to adjust their schedules to work closely with communities on their problems and coordinate many of the activities necessary to successfully address those problems. 

Community Coordinators Supervisor
Sergeant. Bill Cunningham 704.336.5729
ocunningham@cmpd.org 

Response Area 1: 
Officer Mark Rowland mrowland@cmpd.org
Officer Vinton Simpson vsimpson@cmpd.org   

Response Area 2:
Officer Carrie Stillman cstillman@cmpd.org
Officer Jamie Welch  jwelch@cmpd.org

Response Area 3: 
Officer James Franklin jfranklin1@cmpd.org 
Officer Michael King mking@cmpd.org

DIVISION INVESTIGATOR
The Central Division District investigator conducts follow-up investigations on cases where solvability factors are present.  This investigator also works closely with detectives in the Criminal Investigations Bureau.   

Officer Don Waters  dwaters@cmpd.org

School Resource Officers
School Resource officers work closely with our district middle and high schools, and they also make presentations to elementary school students and at community programs.

Morgan School
Officer Richard Hough   rhough@cmpd.org