• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
John Guilfoil Public Relations LLC

John Guilfoil Public Relations LLC

PR for Police, Fire, Schools and Municipal Government

  • About
    • About
    • Team
    • Internships
  • Services
    • Content
    • Strategy
    • Standards
    • COVID-19 Crisis Communications
    • Work With Us
  • Our Work
    • Portfolio
    • Sectors We Serve
  • News
    • COVID-19 News
    • Client News
    • JGPR News
  • Contact
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo

Townsend Police Chief Issues Letter to His Community Regarding Death of George Floyd

TOWNSEND -- Chief James Sartell wishes to share the following letter with the Townsend community:

June 1, 2020 Jordan Mayblum Client News, Police News

June 1, 2020 by Jordan Mayblum

For immediate release

TOWNSEND — Chief James Sartell wishes to share the following letter with the Townsend community: 

To the citizens of our community,

On behalf of the men and women of the Townsend Police Department, we would like to extend our prayers, sympathy, and condolences to the family of George Floyd and the entire community of Minneapolis, Minnesota. We are shocked and deeply saddened by the actions of the officers who were involved in the death of George Floyd. His death was a failure by all in uniform who had an opportunity to intervene and is not reflective of the mission and values of the Townsend Police Department or the community we serve.


The Townsend Police Department works tirelessly to build and maintain trust within our
community. We work with community groups, organizations, and leaders to build trust,
legitimacy, and partnerships. I can assure you that the Townsend Police Department is
committed to providing safety and security for all members of the Townsend community. Our on-going training, whether in de-escalation, defensive tactics, use of force decision making, or implicit bias is aimed at providing our officers the tools to protect you, the public, and themselves, in a competent and professional manner.

As a profession, we must consider how to strengthen public trust when it has been violated so egregiously. We will continue our efforts to assess and critique our policies, training and procedures to ensure that they are consistent with recognized best practices. We will also continue to work hard to attract and hire men and women who seek to provide services consistent with the high ideals of policing a free society. You can rely on our officers to treat people with dignity and respect; the core principles of procedural justice and police legitimacy.


We want to thank you for your ongoing, and critically important, support during these difficult times. The Public are the Police and the Police are the Public. Please stay safe and be kind to one another.

Respectfully,

James Sartell

Chief of Police

###

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Client News,  Police News

Primary Sidebar

Townsend Police Department
James Sartell, Police Chief
70 Brookline St.,
Townsend, MA  01469
Media Contact: Jordan Mayblum
Phone: 978-769-5617
Email: [email protected]

Email Updates

Email [email protected] if you wish to be placed on a SPECIFIC email list for your beat, agency or community. Or enter your email address here to subscribe for ALL updates from JGPR and our clients.

Join 9,951 other subscribers


Recent News

  • Taunton Police Department Investigating Shooting January 19, 2021
  • Sudbury: Statement of the Goodnow Library Board of Trustees Chair January 19, 2021
  • North Reading Fire Department Launches New Website January 19, 2021
  • Update #1 Alfred Fire Rescue Provides Update on COVID-19 Impact to Staff January 19, 2021
  • A Statement of Wakefield Public Schools Superintendent Douglas Lyons January 19, 2021

Content. Strategy. Standards.

When you need help, turn to the award-winning team at the John Guilfoil Public Relations Agency.


Contact Us Work With Us

Footer

Always Open

Call us: 617-993-0003

We’re available 24/7/365.

Location

Main Office
Northern New England

8 Prospect St.
Georgetown, MA 01833
617-993-0003

Southern New England
409 Pond St. Unit 8
Braintree, MA 02184
781-428-3299

Award Winning

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo

Stay up-to-date with breaking JGPR client news.

Subscribe to this website

Email [email protected] if you wish to be placed on a SPECIFIC email list for your beat, agency or community. Or enter your email address here to subscribe for ALL updates from JGPR and our clients.

Join 9,951 other subscribers

Copyright © 2021 John Guilfoil Public Relations, LLC Log in · Privacy Policy