Yesterday afternoon you may have noticed increased police presence along the Broadway corridor and in the Old Town area. Around a dozen officers, in pairs, conducted an enforcement operation specifically looking to locate and enforce relevant Eureka Municipal Code and Penal Code violations including stolen/misappropriated shopping carts (which were returned to their businesses of origin).
Earlier in the day, our patrol officers also received several hours of training on basic room/building clearing principles, tactics and techniques. EPD was able to provide for this training and enforcement operation due to the team shift schedule we currently employ, which allows for a monthly overlap/training day for half of our officers assigned to patrol.
Among the many training topics we have planned for this year are tactical de-escalation and Principled Policing (which includes implicit bias training) courses.
EPD Chief Steve Watson
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