Hundreds of residents from across the 4th Police District are expected Thursday evening for a first-ever Community Policing Summit that will bring together citizens, police officers and other city government agency representatives to learn about community policing and begin developing strategies to solve crime problems in their 4th District neighborhoods.

Fourth District Commander Melvin Scott said, "The summit is a unique opportunity for all of our partners in community policing to meet one another face-to-face, to share information and ideas, and to work at developing effective problem-solving strategies in their own neighborhood."