VALDOSTA – The Valdosta Police Department is hosting the second Community Forum of 2017 on Tuesday, August 29th, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Church of the Nazarene located at the Christ Gospel Missionary Baptist Church, 1402 East Hill Avenue in Valdosta. All community members and leaders in South Georgia are invited.
The department started the quarterly forums in 2013 with the local civil rights groups to include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In 2014, the forums were expanded to all members of the public to include members of civil rights groups. The purpose of the forums are multi-faceted:
- Discuss any concerns the community may have with the Valdosta Police Department
- Discuss concerns regarding the issues in the United States between law enforcement and the community to include recent incidents
- Discuss crime issues in Valdosta to include crime prevention efforts
- To provide the community with better access to the Chief of Police and his command staff
- To share ideas with the department in areas to include police/community relations and crime prevention
- Valdosta Police 2017 Complaints and status
- Valdosta Police 2017 Use of Force
- Valdosta Police 2017 Vehicle Pursuits
- Valdosta 2017 Crime YTD to include any high-profile cases and arrests
- Community Policing Efforts YTD
- Police Recruiting efforts
- My concerns of the Minneapolis Shooting of an unarmed female and what we can do to avoid this in Valdosta
- Any other topics the community wishes to discuss
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