Tacoma Police Department Invites the Community to Dialogue

The Tacoma Police Department and City Manager’s Office are launching an effort to strengthen community engagement and build trust, relationships and understanding between Tacoma residents and police officers.

Project PEACE (Partnering for Equity and Community Engagement) will kick off with the first of five community meetings on Sept. 3 at the Peace Community Center (2106 Cushman Ave.). The community meetings will be co-hosted by the City and community leaders from September through October and will conclude with a culminating event on Nov. 9 at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center.

“We are excited to partner with community leaders to invite residents to conversations about how we can improve and strengthen our relationships with our community,” Tacoma Police Chief Don Ramsdell said. “We are committed to building strong and resilient community relationships.”

Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and the facilitated conversations will be from 5 to 8:45 p.m. for community members and police officers to dialogue about police relations and brainstorm ways to improve relationships. The locations where the community conversations will take place are:

• Sept. 03 Peace Community Center (2106 Cushman Ave.)
• Sept. 14 Asia Pacific Cultural Center (4851 S. Tacoma Way)
• Oct. 05 Lincoln High School Cafeteria (701 S. 37th St.)
• Oct. 21 University of Puget Sound Wheelock Student Center (1500 N. Warner St.)
• Oct. 29 Centre at Norpoint Cascade Hall (4818 Nassau Ave. NE)
• Nov. 09 Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center (1500 Broadway) – Culminating Event

All events are open to the public and free to attend. Light refreshments and activities for children will be provided.

For more information, or to register to attend one or more of the events, please visit cityoftacoma.org/ProjectPEACE.