The Topeka Police Department is unveiling a new community relations initiative.
TPD is partnering with Strategic Leadership Academy, a community leadership program, to create a “steering committee” in Topeka.
The steering committee will be made up of law enforcement officials, city leaders and a variety of everyday Topekans. Police Chief Bill Cochran says he wants this to be a place for tough conversations.
“People don’t like to have tough conversations,” Cochran said. “They don’t like where they end up going a lot of times. If we have something like this in place, when it’s time to sit down and have those tough conversations, the hopes are that we will be able to get to a positive result.”
(Read more: KSNT News)