Officer provides tips on neighborhood safety

The interest in community-based law enforcement that drew nearly 100 people to the Havre Middle School Auditorium on Wednesday night coincides well with a number of initiatives the Havre Police Department is undertaking this year.

Following Police Chief Kirk Fitch, most of the speaking at the meeting was done by Detective Ryan Pearson.

Pearson, who has been with the Havre police force since 2009, was recently appointed the community policing liaison, in addition to his other investigative duties, to handle just these sort of situations, at least until the department's new full-time community p...