Seven Hills police department promotes de-escalating Blue Envelope program

SEVEN HILLS, Ohio — The national Blue Envelope program is designed to help commuters with special needs communicate clearly to officers during motor vehicle operator interactions.

Following a similar effort in Lakewood and Fairview Park, Seven Hills police department recently rolled out its own Blue Envelope initiative.

“We were made aware of the program from some of our peer departments,” Seven Hills Police Chief Michael Salloum said. “I thought it was a worthwhile program in order to help any police officer, regardless of what type of interaction, whether there’s a traffic stop or somebody comes up to the lobby to talk to an officer…

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