Avon Police Chief Greg Daly says many people in his small Rocky Mountain town are afraid to call police. To improve trust among the large immigrant population, the department conducts an annual Latino Police Academy, has hired more Spanish-speaking officers and even posts fun TikToks in Spanis
After eight weeks of shadowing, learning from and getting an inside look at local law enforcement, Avon Police Department Citizen’s Academy participants graduated from the academy in November. Citizen’s Academies are nationwide, detective Alan Hernandez.