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Cruisers regulate temperature

Cruisers regulate temperature

A Medina township police department grabbed headlines last month, but for all the wrong reasons. Tyler Trill has more on how Kent State Police won’t make the same mistake. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S3_Trill_Canines[/bbrvideo] Police canines made headlines throughout the last five months, but for all the wrong reasons. Four canines died in the back of a police cruiser, suffering from heat stroke. In June, a canine died in Arizona. Another police dog died in Wyoming in august, and another in North Carolina…

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C.O.P.S improves safety

C.O.P.S improves safety

A top priority from Kent State Police Department is community safety. C.O.P.S, or Community Oriented Policing Service, is a program KSUPD implemented to find out concerns Kent State faculty members have. TV2’s Tyler Trill has more. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S1_Trill_KSUPD[/bbrvideo] Policing is not always about arresting the bad guys or solving crimes, it also focuses on making the community feel at ease. That is the top objective for the C.O.P.S program at Kent State University. C.O.P.S is an acronym for Community Oriented Policing Services. The leader of…

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[bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_P4_Trill_COPSStandup[/bbrvideo] Cops. To some it’s a hit reality television series, to others it is a slang term for police officers, but here at Kent State Police Department, it is much more. I sat down with Community Resource Officer, Michquel Penn, who is also the leader of COPS, or community oriented policing services, to discuss more about the program. Penn says the service is way for KSUPD to reach out and let members of the university know they are there…

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Kent State Police plans to be more active

Kent State Police plans to be more active

[bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_P3_Trill_Safety[/bbrvideo] I’m Tyler Trill, and I’m just outside the Kent State Police Department. My beat this semester is safety, and I sat down with the Community Resource Officer here, Michquel Penn to discuss the department’s plans for this semester. Penn says the goal is to be more active with the community, and to do so, they’ve implemented a program known as COPs, or their community outreach program.COPs is where an officer from the department is assigned a building on…

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