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Acting Police Chief Wayne Tracy discusses his focus on officer training and crisis intervention in Haverhill.

Haverhill’s new Acting Police Chief Wayne Tracy says his first few months at the helm have seen a focus on officer training and the introduction of three canines. Tracy, who addressed listeners live as a recent guest on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program, says one of his goals for the department is making sure 90% of officers complete crisis intervention training. “We’re actually are ahead of the curve on that. The state wants departments to have 20% of their department trained on that. We’re...

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Host: WHAV Staff

Guest: Wayne Tracy

Topics covered

• police training
• crisis intervention
• Haverhill
• canines
• public safety

Keywords

• Haverhill Police
• Wayne Tracy
• crisis intervention training
• officer training
• canines

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WHAV, Haverhill Police

Places: Haverhill

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