Community Walk
Doing a police ride-along is a part of my duty as a community chaplain. Plus it is very interesting and educational. We hear about the bad officers, but we do not hear about the great officers who are doing a fantastic job.One of the things that the police do is community walks. An officer, or maybe even more, would walk around the community with citizens and community leaders to look for problem areas, for example, extremely tall grass, safety hazards, unboarded vacant houses, etc. This also gives citizens an opportunity to share issues with the police. We also pass out flyers with important information. This is an opportunity to educate ourselves and the communities.
In this walk City Council candidate was with us. She was active the day after the riots and she has also participated personally in other events.
Eastern District commander Steven Ward with citizen
Officers stopping traffic so that we can safely cross the streeet
City Council candidate Shannon Sneed
