Youngstown Police recognized for community policing efforts
The Youngstown Police Department is being recognized by the Ohio Collaborative Community Police advisory board for the department's efforts to strengthen the community and police relations.
The Youngstown Police Department is being recognized by the Ohio Collaborative Community Police advisory board for the department's efforts to strengthen the community and police relations.
This includes deadly force, agency recruitment and agency hiring.
21 News reported at the beginning of July that the department was implementing a new program that involved more community policing.
The new program assigned one officer exclusively to each of the seven wards in the city. The goal was to have an officer always available who will connect with the community and get to know its individual needs.
More than 520 departments are either certified or in the process of becoming certified, by meeting standards for the use of force. The standards were developed by the board in August of 2015.
The state has partnered with the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police, to help certify the 960 law enforcement agencies in Ohio, on a process to ensure that they are in compliance with Ohio's new standards.
