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Sign Of The Times? CT City Starts Community-Service Police Unit Sign Of The Times? CT City Starts Community-Service Police Unit
Sign Of The Times? CT City Starts Community-Service Police Unit Amid the terse, national debate on police operations, a Connecticut city has developed a new law enforcement unit dedicated to community service. The new unit appears to address two sides of the policing debate: the demand for more community services - something the Defund the Police movement has championed - without cutting funding for police - which is something the Back the Blue campaign has promoted.  On Monday, Nov. 9, the new Community Impact Unit of the Wallingford Police was announced.  The goal of the unit is to free up patrol officers from responding to less-intense pol…

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by Kristin Palpini