APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – The Appleton Police Department was recently recognized nationally for their innovative policing tactics. Chief Todd Thomas represented the department in Washington D.C. on May 13th
“We got a call about two weeks before the meeting from a gentleman at the White House who said they had seen some of our programs published in one of the law center sites and recognized it as some of the innovative stuff that they are trying encourage and push nationwide.”
The briefing Thomas attended was called “Criminal Justice Reform, Community Policing, and Working with Immigrant and Refugee Communities.”
Some of the policing programs they were noticed for were their Five Pillar Initiative, Summer of Service program and their stance against the proposed “sanctuary city” legislation.
But Thomas doesn’t want to take any of the credit.
“It’s more of an acknowledgement and recognition of the officers and those chiefs that have come before us,” says Thomas.
Chief Thomas was one of 30 law enforcement leaders from all over the country, including Seattle, San Antonio, and St. Paul who attending the briefing.
