December 21, 2021 - Arlington Police Dept. Update | Page 5

Recruitment & Training

Training for Community Connection

• Academy - Integrated Q & A sessions between police recruits and community groups . Have received overwhelming positive feedback from both groups

• Bridging the GAP

• NAACP

• LULAC

• Neighborhood Problem Exercise ( NPE ) in every district

• Every recruit officer identifies concern in neighborhood Meets community members , business members , city partners to address identified concern