community policing
Soledad PD rocks community policing in Monterey County’s first Police Lip Sync Challenge
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/SoledadPDLipSync Soledad Police Department jumped in on the nationwide police lip syn challenge—to my knowledge, the first Monterey County police department to participate. Kudos to Chief Eric Sills and Soledad PD, and to videographer Jason Camp. All the officers volunteered their own time to make the video, which was filmed at various Soledad…
Cop Alert: Cops alert for the needs of people who bike
Here’s to community-oriented policing becoming the norm, with every community having the leadership and necessary resources—especially the right number of well-trained officers—to make genuine community-oriented policing possible. Among the benefits of community-oriented policing is that cops—constables of the peace—are empowered to recognize and proactively address community challenges of many different types. Cops see people’s needs and in many cases can refer them to…