Oxnard-- The city council, Tuesday, April 5, received an update from the Oxnard Police Department about police activity going on in the city.
POLICE Chief Jason Benites presented the report, and he mentioned that April is Autism Acceptance Month.
“We are promoting Autism awareness and Autism acceptance during this month,” he said.
The department’s officers wear a special Autism patch throughout the month.
“Look to see a number of events related to this that we’ll be participating in,” he said.
He noted that it’s a city council priority to maintain the 911 emergency response time and restore community policing.
“Our big three priorities are community safety, community engagement, and maintaining a culture of success,” he said. “When we speak of community safety, we are dealing primarily with matters related to crime, traffic, community policing, and neighborhood problem-solving efforts. Community engagement is our effort to maintain dialogue, communication, and relationships with our community by providing a number of positive interactions as well as providing information to our community to keep them aware of what’s going on.”
He said maintaining a culture of success means having good training, staffing, and equipping employees to succeed at what they do, which lends to…
