Boardman police debut new cable TV show

BOARDMAN — Township detective Chuck Mound is hitting the beat in a new way.

“BPD Beat” premiered last week on the Boardman Schools television station, BSTN. It features Mound, the crime prevention officer, talking about a different topic each week with student host Heather VacLav, a senior.

The show can be seen at noon and 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday on Armstrong Cable Channel 19 and digital Channel 204.

“This is the premiere,” Mound said. “We’re asking for ideas on the first program for what people would like to see.”

Last fall, the channel started posting information about wanted criminals and ongoing scams that police were investigating. After seeing his name on the station, one criminal turned himself in to police.

“We’re expanding it a little bit more,” the detective said.

Some information can’t be fully explained with just words on a screen and the new program will lend itself better to those types of topics, he said.

The first installment features Mound and VacLav talking about the new format and asking people to submit ideas.

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