Spend time around the Oro Valley Police Department, and you’ll soon become familiar with the acronym CVAP.
It’s the department’s Citizens Volunteer Assistants Program, an organization of volunteers who have the dedication and skills to do what needs to be done in the interest of police, and public, well-being.
“We try to relieve the officers of mundane duties, if you will,” tasks “that don’t require certified police officers,” said CVAP chair Jim Needles…