Safety commission looks at crime data
Hayden Public Safety Commission Chairman Scot Haug explains some municipalities measure how many officers per 1,000 residents in order to determine how effectively communities are policed.
MATTHEW STEPHENS/Press
HAYDEN — Municipalities are looking into different ways to track and analyze how effective law enforcement coverage is. Some cities, like Hayden, contract their policing through their county sheriff.
Hayden has a standing contract with the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office, which allocates a certain number of deputies to serve Hayden at any given time.
Current statistics were presented Tuesday to the Public Safety Commission by its chairman, Scot Haug, the former Post Falls police chief.
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