"Just Getting Started" EP 07 with Dr. Kanika Tomalin: Antonio "Tony" Gilliam, St. Petersburg's assistant police chief.
Episode 3963, Sep 17, 2020, 06:34 PM
Just Getting Started: Public safety and the police
Dr. Tomalin's guest is Antonio "Tony" Gilliam, St. Petersburg's assistant police chief. They discuss the CAL (Community Assistance Liaison) program, which will augment the police by retaining a social service agency to respond to non-violent calls for service from the public (the pilot program begins Oct. 1). The discussion turns to the national "defund the police" movement (not happening with the St. Pete force), and Chief Holloway's "Park, Walk and Talk" initiative. Getting out of their squad cars and meeting people in the various neighborhoods, Gilliam says, "is the very foundation of law enforcement. Because if they don't know you, and you don't know them, then what are you doing?" #stpetecatalyst #stpete #florida #TampaBay #Radio