Aurora Police launch a new initiative to protect and support senior citizens

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The Senior Safety & Resources Unit assigns specially trained officers to each patrol area to provide direct support to seniors.

Officers in the unit will help seniors who are victims of crime, living alone, or in need of vital community services.

The sergeant overseeing Aurora's Senior Safety & Resources Unit says the program is about more than responding to incidents---it’s about preventing them.

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