Wyoming police officer Matt Paavola was recently awarded for his courage during a SWAT team operation.
Amy Doeun
Wyoming Reporter
The Wyoming Police Department recently won the Innovation Award at the Chief of Police Association Gathering. Chief Paul Hoppe told the City Council about the award at the May 2 City Council meeting.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“We had two awards presented at last week’s conference,” he explained. “The first award was a department-wide award — Excellence in Innovation.”
Hoppe said the award is in recognition of innovative policing methods and is given to both a large and small municipal department. There are four criteria the award looks at: the level of innovation, effectiveness, ability to replicate and overall impact.
Hoppe then presented a video featuring him and officer Scott Thomas. Thomas talked about the department’s social media campaign, specifically through Twitter. Through this campaign the department works to share public safety information with a touch of humor. Some of
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