Police reap benefits of positive interaction with community

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Inez White doesn’t feel threatened by Bowling Green Police.

Instead, she feels like she and others get a fair shake, something that didn’t happen in her last hometown of Bainbridge, Ga.

White, of Sheppard Court, is one of more than 1,475 residents living in property owned by the Bowling Green Housing Authority which has four neighborhoods – Summit View/Gordon Avenue, Phenix Place, Angora Court and Bryant Place.

At a time when police agencies across the country are taking a pummeling in the court of public opinion after claims of police brutality lead to riots and/or protests in Ferguson, Mo., and New York, police here appear to be reaping the benefits of extensive community outreach, the result of constant retooling of community policing dating back to 1994.

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