Canfield to expand senior-watch program

Canfield police are focusing community-service efforts on a demographic they feel needs special attention.

The department is using its five auxiliary police officers and collaborating with the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department to expand its senior-watch program, said Canfield Assistant Chief Scott Weamer.

“The whole point is to try to increase community outreach by expanding the senior watch,” he said. “It’s mainly for seniors in the community who don’t have a nearby support system.”

Weamer said the department previously used one patrolman to check on senior residents, but working with the sheriff department’s senior-service unit will allow them to expand more effectively, at no cost to Canfield.

Read the full story in Monday’s Vindicator.