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Garland police lieutenant outlines neighborhood policing and PIO duties, recalls deadly tornado response
Summary
Lt. Pedro Barano, Garland Police Department public information officer, described neighborhood police duties, department staffing levels and social-media outreach, and recounted responding as PIO to a tornado that killed nine people.
Lieutenant Pedro Barano, the public information officer for the Garland Police Department, told the Garland Youth Council that neighborhood police officers are primarily proactive, building relationships with residents and targeting chronic problems in specific areas, while patrol officers respond to 911 calls.
"They are uniformed just like patrol... their primary responsibility is proactive police," Barano said, explaining…
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