Sergeant Reed Shea
Sergeant Shea oversees all operations within the Community Affairs Team. He ensures the balance between public relations and crime prevention/reduction remain in harmony with each other to provided the highest quality of life and experience for those within Traverse City.
Officer Jared Garvin
Officer Garvin serves as the departments Downtown Community Police Officer. Officer Garvin's primary responsibilities are to enhance the quality of life and proactively address issues within the geographical boundaries of TIF 97 and the Old Town TIF. This is achieved by maintaining and further developing partnerships with community members, downtown business owners and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA).
We must use the partnerships we establish to proactively develop solutions to problems facing our community. We can do this by using problems solving techniques, such as the S.A.R.A. Model (Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment).