[RP TownTalk] Having a Town Meeting Re Police & Residents Relations?

[Alan K. Thompson]

Hi Mary (& TownTalk),

As Alison Spain said in her note, I think that our Police Department works
to engage with the community in a lot of ways - National Night Out, the
Public Safety walks that happen several times a year (each covers one
ward), and the "Five-Oh" program that encourages officers to directly
engage with residents in a more social way (not in an information-gathering
or enforcement context).

All of that being said, there's always room for improvement, and I'm
positive that Chief Morris is open to ideas on how to do that.

There is a Town Council work session this evening (8 pm at 5008 Queensbury
Road), and I encourage you to attend and speak to us about your concerns
(next Tuesday is a legislative session, same time and place, where you are
welcome to speak as well).  Chief Morris is almost certain to be at both
meetings, and Lt. Colonel Timmons will be there in his place if for some
reason he is unavailable.  Whether or not you can make it, I will let both
Chief Morris, Mayor Archer, and Public Safety Committee Chair David Lingua
know about your thoughts and ideas.

I hope to meet you tonight, but will let you know what feedback I get
whether or not that happens!

Best regards,

Alan K. Thompson
Ward 2 Town Council Representative



On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Mary Wheatley <mtwheat at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm new to town talk, though I've lived in RP for three years now!
> I'm wondering if there are any community events, meetings, etc planned
> in the aftermath of the shooting death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, MO,
> or if people would be interested in organizing one.  I would like to
> see our town have a discussion about police and resident relations,
> how to build a stronger community across possible racial divides, and
> how to be respectful of one another.  Some of these may sound vague,
> and I'm not exactly sure how to go about organizing something like
> this, but this is too important of an issue affecting our whole
> country to let the opportunity of community discussion and action pass
> us by.
>
> I would greatly appreciate people's thoughts, and I hope to have some
> constructive conversations about this.
>
> In community,
>
> Mary, on Somerset Rd.
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