Holyoke cops unveil new mobile community policing truck

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Updated: Friday, 21 Sep 2012, 7:56 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 21 Sep 2012, 4:28 PM EDT

Juli McDonald

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - Holyoke police officers will now be able to focus more closely on specific neighborhoods throughout the city.

Friday the mayor and chief of police unveiled the department's mobile community policing truck, which will expand the department's range.

The department hopes the new resource will strengthen the partnership between police and the people of Holyoke.

"We try to get the community involved in helping the neighborhood itself,” Holyoke Police Chief James Neiswanger told 22News. “Together, there is so much more we can accomplish than the police department doing it alone. The police department can't do it all. We need the good citizens of Holyoke's help.”

The Holyoke Police Department doesn't have a SWAT team, so they repurposed a former SWAT truck to utilize for community policing efforts.

Holyoke cops unveil new mobile community policing truck

Repruposed SWAT truck allows for expanded range

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