The Parkwood Association cordially invites residents of southern Durham--Durham Police Districts 3 and 4 particularly--to a meeting to learn about the Citizen Observer Patrol . DATE: Saturday, April 25 TIME: 10am PLACE: Parkwood Volunteer Fire Department, 1409 Seaton Road, Durham NC, 27713 . The COP program uses trained citizen volunteers during daylight hours to perform non-emergency services that that police officers would otherwise do. The South Durham COP program, covering Districts 3 and 4, only has enough volunteers right now to patrol one day a week. According to the Durham Police COP coordinator, with 17 additional volunteers, this program could have volunteers on patrol every day of the week. ( District 3 map , District 4 map ) COP volunteers wear uniforms and patrol during daylight hours in specially-marked cars. They carry assigned hand-held radios linked directly to the central police dispatcher (which gives them direct contact with all uniformed police on patrol)