Baytown Police Assistant Chief David Alford recently spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Baytown members about the latest happenings at the police department. Alford said city council had authorized the department to staff 175 officers, but they currently have 159 on deck. This number includes three soon-to-be-retired officers. Applications to be a Baytown police officer can be submitted online at https://baytown.org/545/Careers-and-Recruiting.
Alford also spoke about the department’s Hispanic community outreach program, UNIDOS, which assists Baytown’s Spanish-speaking residents.
Pictured are, from left, Dave Jirrels, Kiwanis member and program coordinator for the month of October, Alford and Traci Dillard, club president.