Award-winning deputy chief talks about community building from a police perspective

By: Robert Washburn | October 8, 2016

Cobourg Police Deputy Chief Paul Vandegraaf

Cobourg Police Deputy Chief Paul Vandegraaf talks about receiving the Order of Merit of the Police Force from the Governor General of Canada recently. He talks about his grassroots approach to policing and discusses what can be done about policing in America as part of Consider This Live, part of the Drive Time on Northumberland 89.7 FM.

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