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Police community-relations officer outlines weekend events, youth programs and youth-center outreach
Summary
Detective Bobby Brown summarized upcoming township events, ongoing youth programs, a new podcast and challenges connecting at-risk youth to youth-center services during the Franklin Community Relations Committee meeting.
Detective Bobby Brown, who identified himself as Franklin resident and a member of the police community relations team, briefed the committee on multiple community programs, upcoming events and continuing efforts to reach at-risk youth.
Brown listed a busy weekend schedule: township-wide Bring Your Child to Work Day (8 a.m.–2 p.m.), the DEA drug-takeback on Saturday (announced as 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at headquarters), and Tour de Franklin on Sunday (starts at the high school, 8 a.m.), and he said staff will also attend a Saint Matthias health-and-wellness day. “If you wanna get rid of your old prescription medication… it's anonymous,” Brown said about the drug-takeback collection.
Brown described recurring youth programs run by the community relations bureau and the youth center, including FranklinFit (a fitness program), chess nights, basketball, and a summer Youth Academy (July 14–18) for ages the department described as in the mid-teen range. He said the Youth Academy typically enrolls about 30 cadets and that past participants have gone on to military service and some to law enforcement careers.
He told the committee the department has launched a podcast to communicate programs and budget priorities and said a future episode will feature the township food bank to highlight available resources. Brown described opioid-settlement planning and community input that informed local program proposals.
On outreach challenges, Brown said the township operates several distinct units — the community relations bureau, the youth center and other programs — and noted a gap in communications and in serving youth who do not attend or cannot access the youth center. He described a “Roads to Success” program that targets young people who have been expelled or charged and said officers work to re-engage those individuals. Brown said the department’s staffing was reduced by two temporarily and acknowledged limits on outreach capacity but emphasized ongoing, recurring programs and partnerships.
Committee members clarified program age ranges, scholarship options (recreation department scholarships were mentioned), and the Youth Academy’s target ages. Brown and others said details about opioid-funded summer programs and youth employment are being finalized and will be shared when available.
The committee did not take formal votes during Brown’s report; the presentation was informational.
