Richardson Police Department launches new Facebook page for Spanish-speaking residents

By Teri Webster2:08 PM on May 4, 2021 CDTRichardson Police have launched a new Facebook page in Spanish to increase communication with the city’s growing Latino community.The new page will feature announcements ranging from food and clothing assistance to crime prevention information.“It cannot do anything but make the relationship stronger. I think that the good deeds and the good intentions of people and the positive things that go on in our community, we need to talk about those things, and this is what is going to give us that opportunity to do that and foster even more positive relationships then we’ve ever had,” Richardson police chief Jimmy Spivey said in a prepared statement.The page is part of an effort to gain the trust of the community so that people reach out if they need help, crime prevention officer Raul Reyes said in a prepared statement.Richardson Police En Espanol is available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/richardsonpd.espanol.The department also reaches out to the Latino community through its “Unidos” program, which meets quarterly and holds events throughout the year such as food distribution and back-to-school supplies for families in need.Richardson has a Latino population of about 18 percent, according to U.S. Census figures.
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