By Andrea Fox, Gov1 Senior Editor
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Connie Yau and two senior investigators who run the Hong Kong police department’s youth and senior outreach programs visited Austin, Texas recently to observe officers working on similar community programs.
“Community relations is important to every police force in the world,” Yau told the Austin-American Statesman. “We need support. In Hong Kong, we have a huge population — 7.5 million people — so we have to work with the community.”
The officials spent three days with their American counterparts. They wanted to see how the programs they are developing are being practiced, in particular Austin’s Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (SALT) program.
Read the original coverage in the Austin American-Statesman.
