Year-end interview: LPS Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh
LETHBRIDGE, AB – LNN sat down with the Chief of Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) to talk about the year that was.
Shahin Mehdizadeh says, overall, the last 12 months have been great from many different sides, while still presenting a series of tough challenges for the service.
“Overall, it’s to me, it’s been a very positive year and I’ve seen a huge level of progress on many different fronts from crime reduction efforts that, you know, we are reducing crime. We are actually doing some, taking on some major investigations that you probably read about them and we will report to the media all the time from our exposures and with the community.”
He was proud to see many new initiatives being introduced in 2021, including the expansion and rebranding of the School Resource Officers to the Youth Engagement Unit.