Ex-YPD detective helps bridge gap between police, communities

YOUNGSTOWN — YOUNGSTOWN

As cities nationwide have erupted after simmering tensions between communities and their police departments boiled over, area law-enforcement officials are trying to make sure that doesn’t happen here in the Valley.

“As a result of some of the things that have been going on nationwide, we, like other departments, wanted to be ahead of the curve,” said Boardman Police Chief Jack Nichols.

The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy “community diversity” session, led by retired Youngstown Detective Sgt. Delphine Baldwin-Casey, is training that’s required for new officers, but in which several area police chiefs, including Nichols, had their entire departments participate recently.

Read the full story in Monday's Vindicator.