The Newsleaders
  • Login
  • Register
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Sartell – St. Stephen
    • St. Joseph
    • Sports
  • Opinion
    • Column
    • Editorial
    • Letter to the Editor
  • Community
    • Calendar
    • Citizen Spotlight
    • Criers
    • People
  • Notices
    • Funerals/Visitations
    • Obituary
    • Police Blotter
    • Public Notices
    • Support Groups
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Submissions
  • Archives
    • Sartell-St. Stephen Archive
    • St. Joseph Archive
  • Advertise With Us
    • Print Advertising
    • Digital Advertising
    • 2021 Promotions
    • Pay My Invoice
The Newsleaders
No Result
View All Result

PineCone Pet Hospital MillerCarlin Serving all of central Minnesota locations!

Albany: 320-845-2035
Holdingford: 320-746-9994
St. Cloud: 320-252-7004
Upsala: 320-573-6234
Toll-free: 1-800-644-4058
Collegeville Stearns Bank
Home Opinion Letter to the Editor

Sartell police chief’s statement

June 12, 2020
in Letter to the Editor, Print Sartell - St. Stephen
0
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Jim Hughes

Chief of Police

The last 10 days have been very emotional and difficult with the same range of emotions that many of you have been experiencing. The shock, anger, grief and reflection on the events that took a life at the hands of law enforcement officers have not just affected myself and the members of the Sartell Police Department, but our community as well. To be asked what we are doing to ensure the safety of all of our community members, especially persons of color, is heartbreaking to me. We have strived for decades to build a positive and trusting relationship with all who live, work, recreate and visit our community on a daily basis.

The Sartell Police Department makes every attempt to be neutral and unbiased in its delivery of services to our community members, as well as the thousands of visitors coming into our community. We ensure we have the best officers serving our community and that they place a focus on community policing every single day.

In 2016, I directed staff to review our goals and work on updating our mission statement to better reflect the attributes of our department. Many of these attributes evolved from community engagement (throughout) the years. Our mission statement, ultimately brought forward to our city council for approval, encompasses not only enforcement, but reducing fear, being progressive and promoting professionalism. At the core of our mission is a community-oriented policing philosophy that the department has instilled for decades:

“Our mission is to provide our community with a professional, progressive, community–oriented police department and to enforce the laws, preserve the peace, reduce fear and provide for a safe environment within our community.”

We have done more than adopt a new mission statement. Along with the many outreach programs we have within the department to keep our community engaged, we continue to attend trainings through the ranks, from myself to patrol officers, for crisis intervention, mental-health crisis, conflict management, mediation, and valuing community diversity and cultural differences. This includes extensive training on implicit bias.

As conflicts throughout our country continue because of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and income we need to have a better understanding of the communities we serve to provide service to them unbiased and fairly. This will allow us to help resolve conflicts that may arise. We are tasked today with more from our communities than ever before and we feel we have an obligation to assist them when possible.

Previous Post

Time to open our eyes Sartell 

Next Post

Open letter to Sartell officials

Next Post

Open letter to Sartell officials

Please login to join discussion

CMCU Twitter Follow us on
Twitter
for the latest news!
Facebook Follow us on Facebook
for the latest news!
Calendar 2 Click here for our
community events!

Go Fund Me # 1 Thank You
Newsleader
Supporters!
Elizabeth Brunsvold
Cultural Connections
Jim Berg & Mary Kruger
Mary & John Davis
Sandy Denne
Bobbi & David Gouker
James & marry Graeve
Juliana Howard
Julia Joplin
Linda Kmitch
M. Molus
Sheila Nahan
Go Fund Me # 2 Thank You
Newsleader
Supporters!

Peggy & Michael Roske
Judy Scheuerell
Geraldine Schwab
James Stotko
James Towler
Anna Trobec
Kaye Wenker
Ellen Wahlstrom
Leona Wieland
Jeanie Wilkens
GAGEN & VASUGI RAMANATHAN
Go Fund Me # 3 Thank You
Newsleader
Supporters!
Nicole Borg
Erica Karger-Gatzow
Dane & Lori Listug-Lunde
Nadine Martin
Doris Minnerath
Merry Mund
Marilyn Peitso
Stephen Schwanke
Dianne Tuff
Dale Zacher
Private Donors

Search

No Result
View All Result

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Winter fun at Snowfest
  • Foundation sponsors I Love to Read Giveaway
  • Free frozen meals available for senior citizens
  • Kluesner sworn into St. Joseph City Council
  • Local artists serve up art by the slice

City Links

Sartell
St. Joseph
St. Stephen

School District Links

Sartell-St. Stephen school district
St. Cloud school district

Chamber Links

Sartell Chamber
St. Joseph Chamber

Community

Calendar

Citizen Spotlight

Criers

People

Notices

Funerals/Visitions

Obituary

Police Blotter

Public Notices

Support Groups

About Us

Contact Us

News Tips

Submissions

Advertise With Us

Print Advertising

Digital Advertising

2021 Promotions

Local Advertising Rates

National Advertising Rates

© 2021 Newleaders

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Sartell – St. Stephen
    • St. Joseph
    • Sports
  • Opinion
    • Column
    • Editorial
    • Letter to the Editor
  • Community
    • Calendar
    • Citizen Spotlight
    • Criers
    • People
  • Notices
    • Funerals/Visitations
    • Obituary
    • Police Blotter
    • Public Notices
    • Support Groups
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Submissions
  • Archives
    • Sartell-St. Stephen Archive
    • St. Joseph Archive
  • Advertise With Us
    • Print Advertising
    • Digital Advertising
    • 2021 Promotions
    • Pay My Invoice

© 2021 Newleaders

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In