Committee ponders results of police performance survey Shelter Island Police Chief Jim Read. (Credit:Reporter file photo)
Supervisor Gerry Siller pronounced the recent police survey “pretty positive overall” at the March 4 meeting of the Police Reform and Reinvention Collaboration Committee. The committee was set up in response to a state mandate that all departments in New York determine ways to improve policing.
As the discussion of the previous night’s listening session and review of the survey conducted last month progressed, committee member Jason Shields cautioned his colleagues not to base all their recommendations from a limited number of respondents. Because there were so few residents at the listening session, and 577 responding to the survey, the numbers could be skewed, Mr. Shields said.