Officer Flores pulls up to the scene of an accident to assist his fellow officers.

His flashing orange lights, and their uniforms look a little different than theirs.

"We're there to assist them in any way, shape or form," says Officer Henry Flores.

Flores is one one of six new Community Service Officers hired by the Wichita Police Department to help with a shortage of officers. 

"We try and help out and minimize the response time for uniform officers so they can go out there and deal with 9-1-1 calls that need immediate attention," says Flores.

The new officers are civilians and they just went through extensive training to help with anything from accident report writing to cleaning up the scene of a crash.

"Their vehicles are behind us.  they will be driving these pick up trucks because often times they will be picking up debris from accident scenes as well as assisting transporting other items, evidence and property as well," says Chief Ramsey.

Flores just moved here from Guam, where he served 23 years in their police department. He came out of retirement because he couldn't stop serving.

"I didn't join or apply because of the pay. I applied because I love to serve the public," says Flores.

And he's excited to now be serving the community of Wichita.

"It takes certain people that can do this job and I'm a firm believer in the public service sector," says Flores.