Police plan summer soccer event to engage Latino residents

Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ **Resolutions Passed:** None
• ◆ **Resolutions Failed:** None
• ◆ **Applications Reviewed:** None
• ◆ **Public Comments:**
• ◆ **Gustavo Delgado (Resident):** Reported that noise complaints at The Grand have not stopped; shared details of a racist incident he experienced at Shoprite several weeks ago involving a woman in her 70s; proposed ideas for community engagement including a holiday raffle basket, ESL classes, and a Q&A video with Officer Jandres for his Spanish-language Facebook page.
• ◆ **Reports:**
• ◆ **Community Outreach (Facebook):** Officer Jandres will share Village police information on Mr. Delgado's Spanish-language Facebook page (serving primarily Ecuadorian and Guatemalan audiences). Mr. Delgado will add Officer Jandres as an Admin. Trustee Nicholson will share this initiative with the IDEA committee.
• ◆ **Information Packets:** Carolyn Whiting will contact Croton Caring about including a police information packet (Chief's welcome letter, PAC letter, emergency alert system info) in springtime food boxes.
• ◆ **Noise at The Grand:** Chief Nikitopoulos urged residents to call in noise complaints (anonymously if preferred) and stated officers will actively check the area on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.
• ◆ **Translation Services:** Confirmed all officers can use Siri on iPhones or equivalent apps on Androids for translation; no separate desk system is needed.
• ◆ **Meet and Greet Event:** PAC and PD will investigate hosting a one-time soccer event (children's and adult games) at Croton Landing over the summer, potentially with a free ice cream truck. Carolyn Whiting will notify the Village Manager, Recreation Advisory Committee, and Recreation Department. The PAC will further discuss this on January 15, 2026.
• ◆ **ESL Classes:** Chief Nikitopoulos will discuss the possibility of hosting ESL classes with School Superintendent Stephen Walker, potentially through the school's Continuing Education program or at the Community Room/Methodist church basement. Proposed guest speakers include police explaining ICE policy and traffic stops, and an immigration attorney.
• ◆ **Racist Incident:** Chief Nikitopoulos confirmed the PD is aware of the woman involved in the Shoprite incident; while the language used is not illegal, the woman has been banned from the store.
• ◆ **Officer Jandres School Reading:** Officer Jandres is coordinating with the school to read to elementary students in Spanish. Carolyn Whiting suggested filming a simple iPhone video of him reading in a police car, similar to a popular Greenburgh PD pandemic initiative.
• ◆ **ICE Policy:** Chief Nikitopoulos noted the Croton PD ICE policy wording may need to be altered to align with Lexipol and Accreditation requirements, and will discuss this with Manager Healy.