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by David Rondina<\/p>\n
Officer Jared LaValle has been with the Northampton Police department since late 2014. He previously worked at a correction center in Worcester. He was brought up with a grandfather in the military and studied Law Enforcement at Springfield Technical Community College after exploring other possible career ideas and studies.\u00a0 While he started off his employment here \u201cwalking the beat\u201d downtown in the cold winter months, he aspired to connect more with the community at large.\u00a0 When Chief Kasper initiated three responsibility expansions of duty to include \u201cCommunity Outreach Officers,\u201d he immediately applied for one of the roles.\u00a0 When spring rolled around and the bicycle patrols starting rolling again downtown, he was given the assignment of \u201cArea 4\u201d which includes downtown Florence and Leeds.<\/p>\n
The Belchertown \u201ctowny\u201d loves working for the city of Northampton.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s exciting, interesting, and always different\u201d says LaValle, whose favorite part of the job is connecting with people.\u00a0 \u201cBeing a police officer is certainly about helping people, but I really enjoy the interactions and meeting new people, making friends, and connecting deeper with the community.\u201d\u00a0 LaValle comments that it is not just about fighting crime, but showing that law enforcement is out to make people feel safe, cared for, and develop a \u201ccommunity feel\u201d and not be viewed as \u201cus versus them\u201d.<\/p>\n
After I spent some time chatting with him, I can attest that it is a pleasure and gift that we have Officer LaValle to help look after our Village of Leeds.\u00a0 Following a meeting with the LCA, Chief Kasper and others concerning graffiti on Orange dam, LaValle\u2019s responsibilities expanded to include patrols by the river and along the bike path to help address the lack of respect that some individuals have for our Village\u2019s communal resources. Along with his patrol duties, he plans to attend as many Leeds Civic Association meetings and events as possible as he even enjoyed doing before the actual assignment.\u00a0 In the mean time, you can often see him working the day shift from 3-11.\u00a0 Keep an eye out for Officer LaValle and say hello and thanks when you see him around the \u2018hood!<\/p>\n
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by David Rondina Officer Jared LaValle has been with the Northampton Police department since late 2014. He previously worked at a correction center in Worcester. He was brought up with a grandfather in the military and studied Law Enforcement at Springfield Technical Community College after exploring other possible career ideas and studies.\u00a0 While he started […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-leeds-news"],"yoast_head":"\n