Category Archives: Policy Positions

In 2009, our city police department chose to adopt the philosophy of community oriented policing. The following is a brief definition of community policing that our Police department relies on to steer their organization forward. “Community Oriented Policing (COP):  Working with stakeholders (neighbors, business people, schools, other departments/government entities) to find out what the communityContinue reading “Increase Community Policing”

I love the diversity of our city! We have people from all over the world living here. On my street alone,  I have neighbors from Ecuador, Colombia, Russia, India, and Sweden.  I lived for twelve years in Seattle, where I met people from all over the world. It made life interesting. The experience taught meContinue reading “Diversity”