Cambridge Police Department Introduces New Ask CPD Video Series

The Cambridge Police Department today announced a new video series produced in partnership with 22-CityView called “Ask CPD,” in which Cambridge Police Officers will address top-of-mind questions that residents have about the department, policing and procedures. Each month, the Cambridge Police Department plans to publish a new episode on its social media accounts, including NextDoor, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, as well as its website and 22-CityView. The Department requested questions from residents in the second half of 2019 via its social media accounts and the more popular questions were selected for video responses. 

The first three videos will address the following questions submitted by residents:

• “I smell a lot of marijuana smoke. I understand people can smoke on their own property, but what is the policy around smoking in public?”
• “If I send the police a photo or video of a traffic violation that I witnessed, will you ticket them?”
• “Can you clarify what number to call for information (e.g. non-emergencies), and whether there were any issues residents should be aware of if calling 911 from a cell phone?”

Officer Frank Gutoski from the Harvard and Central Square Unit, Traffic Enforcement Officer Matt Brown, and former Emergency Communications Dispatcher and current Patrol Officer Rob Ciriello are featured in the first three videos, which average 2-3 minutes.

To watch the first episode on public marijuana consumption, visit the Cambridge Police YouTube channel.   

“This video series represents another opportunity for the Cambridge Police to be transparent and responsive to our resident’s questions and concerns,” said Commissioner Dr. Branville G. Bard, Jr. “We look forward using these videos as another tool to inform our residents about their most pressing matters.”    

If residents have police-related questions that they want addressed or are curious about, please e-mail AskCPD@cambridgepolice.org and the Cambridge Police Department will look to incorporate those questions into future “Ask CPD” episodes.

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