Roll Call: CHPD Podcast

In the sixth episode of Rollcall, the official podcast of the Columbia Heights Police Department, we discuss the City's winter parking rules. We asked residents on our website and social media pages to send in their questions about the parking rules for Chief Lenny Austin and Public Works Director Kevin Hansen to answer. 

The CHPD Roll Call team talks with Anoka County Attorney Tony Palumbo and Anoka County Victim/Witness Services Unit Manager Emily Douglas about the responsibilities of the Anoka County Attorney's Office, particularly how it handles domestic violence cases and how people can seek help in such cases. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is in need of help, find useful resources here. Or call the Alexandra House 24-hour helpline at 763-708-2330. If you're in immediate danger, or see someone who is, call 911. 

Join us as we discuss an exciting partnership between the CHPD and the Adult Basic Education Center. Guests Cpt. Matt Markham and Metro North ABE Program Supervisor Kathleen Moriarty discuss their organizations' work with the National Constitution Center to better educate officers and ABE teachers on a range of historical, legal, and enrichment topics about the United States Constitution and the "Rights and Responsibilities of Community and Police" with the goal to improve civic dialogue and build an ABE curriculum that will be offered to ABE students by December. Officers Mohammed Farah and Darry Jones (on his last day with CHPD) co-host with Columbia Heights Communications Coordinator Ben Sandell. Life Newspaper's Paige Kieffer sat in on this one and threw out a few questions of her own.   

This episode's guests, now retired Sgt. Ted Fischer and new Officer Tony Miller, discuss the process of becoming a police officer now compared to 30 years ago and the differences in technology and training, and share stories about their early experiences. Officers Mohammed Farah and Darry Jones, and Communications Coordinator Ben Sandell, co-host.  

This episode's guest, Officer Tabitha Wood, discusses her experiences as a woman on the police force, and officers Darry Jones, Mohammed Farah, and Wood share their thoughts on work-life balance.   

Join CHPD officers Mohammed Farah and Darry Jones, with Columbia Heights communications coordinator Ben Sandell, as they discuss the Derek Chauvin trial, community policing, and CodeRED with special guest Chief Lenny Austin in this pilot episode of a planned monthly CHPD podcast series. Official title still to be decided.