The newest patrol in the Wichita Police Department doesn’t have guns, or badges, or Tasers, or Mace — just golf carts, polo shirts, ID cards, cell phones and, most importantly, their eyes and ears.

And they don’t get paid.

Meet the men and women of the Volunteers in Policing program — 11 concerned citizens who attended the WPD Citizens Police Academy and an extra three hours of extra training in observation, communication, personal safety and golf cart operation and maintenance.

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