Volunteers in Policing Service; VIPS

Holland Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS) goal is to enhance and assist the Holland Department of Public Safety in a variety of ways. Volunteers have successfully assisted citizens to recognize the service and helpfulness of the police division as a whole. It has also been a vehicle of goodwill and provided a "public service ambassador" role to the general public and youth of the City of Holland.

• Assist at community events.
• Confiscate illegal signs on public right of ways.
• Monitoring and enforcing handicap parking violations.
• Observe and report suspicious activities.
• Options for assisting with office work, detailing cruisers, landscape maintenance, meal preparation at training events.
• Presence and public relations in city parks.
• Provide house checks when residents are gone for extended times.

• Age 21 or older.
• Valid Michigan Driver’s License and adequate driving abilities.
• Attendance at in-service training.
• Ability to establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with the public and city employees.
• Maintain and appropriately wear the required uniform and identification of a VIPS volunteer.
• Never wear the uniform outside of work.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Integrity, dependability and loyalty to the Volunteer Program and the Holland Department of Public Safety (HDPS).

Volunteers for this position must pass a background check, interview successfully, and attend mandatory training. Patrol Volunteers will work in pairs at all times.