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Portsmouth Police Seek Trust Through Conversation

Matt M.
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  This week the Portsmouth police department launches a new program called “Cops on Corners,” in an effort to make department operations more transparent.

Deputy Police Chief Corey MacDonald says the community events are a response both to local tensions and a national conversation arising out of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. He says “the goal here is to get out in front of the public, go neighborhood by neighborhood --because different neighborhoods have different issues -- and just meet with people.”

MacDonald says he hopes the events will foster trust between police and residents.

Cops on Corners will take place every other week. The next will take place in the Gosling Meadows neighborhood on December 15. 

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