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Kent County PAB: outreach had low response; members plan targeted community meetings
Summary
Board members said outreach efforts yielded a single county respondent and discussed targeted engagement with churches and community groups; two members volunteered to coordinate follow-up rather than taking formal action.
Members of the Kent County Police Accountability Board reported low response to a recent outreach effort and discussed plans for more targeted community engagement at their Aug. 6, 2025, meeting.
The board said only one county group responded to prior outreach and that members would follow up directly with community leaders and faith organizations to increase awareness of the PAB—s role.
One board member (name not specified) said, "I think we only had 1 person, responded to the outreach, if I'm not mistaken." That member added that they spoke with the interested individual and that they and a colleague named Leon would "try to get together and maybe ... talk with you and and others to see what we can do to, you know, make that happen." The board expressed the view that many residents do not know the PAB exists or do not fully understand its role, and members said a revised pamphlet would support future outreach.
Members identified one contact in Galena who had expressed interest and said that contact—s pastor lives in Middletown; the board also mentioned a pastor in Quicken Neck/Quickenette (as recorded in the transcript) who had responded. The chair and members agreed to re-send invitations and to coordinate schedules with interested community groups; no formal outreach program or schedule was approved at the meeting.
The board characterized the next steps as internal coordination rather than a formal policy change: members volunteered to assist with outreach, staff will circulate the revised pamphlet when available, and the chair or staff will reissue invitations to community groups that did not respond.
