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March 17, 2008

Irish police to observe Providence's community policing

PROVIDENCE -- Fourteen police officers from Ireland and Northern Ireland are coming to the city tomorrow to check out its community policing efforts.

Chief Dean M. Esserman, who traveled to Belfast, Northern Ireland, two years ago extended the invitation, according to a news release from Mayor David N. Cicilline's office. Cicilline will meet with the them in his City Hall office tomorrow at 11:30 a.m.

The delegation is in the country for a 10-day seminar at Boston College’s Irish Institute with emphasis on "establishing an effective channel of communication between law enforcement and the community," the release says.

The Irish police officers will also look at community policing efforts in Boston and Miami.

The delegation is expected to visit Providence neighborhoods and learn more about the police department's efforts to "build relationships with its community partners," the release said.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:39 PM | Permalink

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