"Bellingham PD Body Camera Program and Community Policing"

Overview – Current Community Issues  & Community Policing Initiative                                             

Intro - Chief Cliff Cook – of the Bellingham Police Department has been in his position since February, 2013.   He has 36 years of professional law enforcement experience, including extensive experience as a senior administrator in large and mid-sized police departments. Prior to assuming his post in Bellingham, he most recently served as Chief of Police for the City of Vancouver (Wash.) Police Department, a position he held for five years after serving as a deputy police chief and other leadership and staff positions with the City of Fort Worth, Texas.

Note:  BPD is the first to deploy body cameras.