REBUILDING TRUST
SARASOTA'S NEW POLICE CHIEF BEGINS MULTIPLE INITIATIVES
By Stan Zimmerman
City Editor
After a month on the job, Sarasota's new po- "We have to re-establish and gain trust in the
lice chief has figured out two major problems community," she said. "I believe outreach and
and is making efforts to remedy them.
education is important."
Chief Bernadette DiPino will be improving
training for the force she leads, and she will
work to restore trust between members of
the public and officers. She also will push for
changes in the court system.
Within a few days, she hopes to announce the
formation of a "Citizens Police Academy." It
will start out as a once-a-year course for city
residents through which they will take class-
Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino/Photo by Norman Schimmel
