Jackson Police Department starts new community outreach initiative

JACKSON, Tenn. — There’s a new community outreach initiative for the Jackson Police Department.

Tuesday was the first community roll call for the police department at St. James Missionary Baptist Church.

They discussed daily briefings, reports about any stolen vehicles, future initiatives and more.

Jackson Police Chief Julian Wiser says community roll call gives officers an opportunity to be engaged with the community and help build relationships.

Chief Wiser also says these relationships are very important, as a stronger community means a stronger police department.

“Those relationships are very important because a lot of issues that we deal with at the police department, those are issues we can’t solve a lot of times without community support,” Chief Wiser said.

Wiser says they will attempt to have community roll call once a month.