Over the past several weeks, the Vermont Standard spoke with police chiefs who lead small departments in communities similar to ours to learn about the best practices they use today to keep citizens safe. Several common themes emerged, with most chiefs prioritizing proactive, ongoing dialogue with the people they serve as an essential means of ensuring public safety.
Repeatedly stressing the importance of transparency, most of the police chiefs said they are using a variety of both modern and old-fashioned yet reliable techniques to promptly communicate as much critical – and sometimes highly detailed – information about the crimes and public safety issues their communities need to be aware of as they can. Departments today are creating websites, using local newspapers if they have one, posting to social media, and doing plenty of boots-on-the-ground patrolling.
For the full story, please see our Nov. 26 edition of the Vermont Standard.
