In 2007, the Community Relations/Crime Prevention Unit was successful at accomplishing many positive contacts throughout the community. This included 175 programs, such as Neighborhood Watch, Personal Safety, Crime Prevention, Business Security, “Pete” the talking police car, Church Programs, Tours of the Justice Center, Identity Theft, Personal Safety, School Safety, Homeland Security, Robbery Awareness Programs, Business Security, traffic related programs and many others. In 2007, the Community Relations Unit made 16,097 personal contacts with the citizens of the Kingsport Area. Overall, affirmative efforts by these contacts created thousands of exchanges of information between members of the Police Department and the citizens in our communities.