The Community Services Unit (CSU) is supervised by Sergeant Lance Inman and is comprised of three sworn officers, one Community Service Officer and several volunteers. The School Resource Officer Program and Crime Prevention is part of this unit which includes the Neighborhood Watch Program and National Night Out. The Keizer Police Department sponsors and provides support for over 65 neighborhood watch groups throughout the city and coordinates the annual block party events.

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The Community Service Officer (CSO) is a civilian position which assists sworn law enforcement personnel. Officer Lynn Halladey assists police officers by responding to non-emergency calls for service such as parking complaints, neighborhood problems, theft cases and graffiti vandalism. He responded to 431 calls for service in 2008. Officer Halladey coordinates the maintenance and repair of the department’s fleet vehicles and shuttles criminal evidence and paperwork to the crime lab and District Attorney’s office. Officer Halladey coordinates the department’s CSU volunteer program comprised of volunteers Ted Plumb, Glen Putman, Larry Morgan and Arnie Vohland who assist the department with parking complaints and fleet services. Volunteer Dana Hefty performs data entry tasks so the department can track connections to graffiti vandalism incidents.