LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd both policing and reform were highly debated and protested.

What You Need To Know

  •  Louisville Metro's Community Policing Councils will begin meeting with the community June 13

  •  The meetings will run through August in various police divisions

  •  The concerns brought up during the community meetings will be presented to LMPD administration

  • They will craft solutions specifically aimed at the needs of each neighborhood and police division to address the community’s concerns

It prompted Louisville to reimagine its relationship with the community. A set of community meetings will begin Tuesday, June 13 and take place until August. The goal of the meetings is to advance community oriented policing principles. The June 13 meeting will be at the Molly Leonard Community Center on 27th Street at 6 p.m. That is in LMPD’s 1st division.

The program by the Louisville Metro Office of Inspector General is hosting the meetings. The goal of the Community Policing Council (CPC) is for the community to help the Louisville Metro Police Department promote strategies to address crime and safety issues across the city.

They hope detailed and meaningful discussions will happen in order to identify concerns, problems, successes and opportunities for community policing in each LMPD division.

Community policing concentrates on preventing crime and eliminating the fear of it.

The city hopes the meetings will help build trust with reidents with a goal to act as part of the community rather than isolate from it. They believe trust will come from seeing officers engaging fairly and respecting the rule of the law. It’s hoped the meetings will create officers who value civil rights and see the work as an investment in the community.

The CPC meetings will include solutions specifically aimed a the needs of each neighborhood and police division. The solutions will then become recommendations submitted to LMPD’s administraion for consideration.

The concerns addressed by the community will be made available on the Office of Inspector General’s website for public viewing along with recommendations submitted to LMPD.

The next CPC meeting will be held June 22 at the Berrytown Recreation Center on Heafer Road at 6 p.m. A list of all the meetings can be found online.

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