Neighborhood Resource Unit

Our neighborhood resource officers serve as a liaisons between the police department and the community.

Duties of the neighborhood resource officer include attending neighborhood meetings, teaching children and adults about safety, conducting safety assessments of resident’s property, assisting with homeless outreach, and coordinating events such as National Night Out and the Community Academy.

The central strategy of the neighborhood resource officer program is community policing, an approach to policing that brings police and community members together to prevent crime and solve neighborhood problems. In this model, the emphasis is on stopping crime before it happens, not responding to calls for service after the crime occurs.

Meet our Neighborhood Resource Officers

Officer Tiffany Trombley

Officer Tiffany Trombley is a veteran police officer with the City of Kirkland. She worked with the Des Moines Police Department before being hired in 2010 for Kirkland's 2011 annexation. She has worked as a patrol officer, training officer and most recently selected to be one of our neighborhood resource officers.  Officer Trombley is one of our Public Information Officers, department instructors, and Crisis Intervention Team Coordinators. Officer Trombley said after being selected for the NRO position "I am excited to be a liaison for the police department. I hope to work together and bring creative ideas and solutions to problems affecting our community!"  

Officer Paul Arnold

Officer Paul Arnold was hired by the Kirkland Police Department in 2019. He worked as a patrol officer before moving into his current position as a neighborhood resource officer. Officer Arnold is a member of many cadres in the department to include the Critical Incident Response Team, Crowd Management Unit, and Firearms Training Unit. After being selected for the NRO position Officer Arnold said, “As a Neighbor Resource Officer, I believe when overcoming challenges, we need to work together to create solutions. It is this collaboration that I am excited to step into. I hope to be part of positive changes happening in Kirkland and look forward to doing that with our community."