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"Five Northwest Arkansas police departments took part in an open house held on Tuesday at the Springdale Administration Building.Representatives from multiple police departments took questions from moderator Pastor Marcus Carruthers with the Dwelling Place Church.Mayors, police chiefs and citizens from around the area all agreed that today\u2019s open house meeting was a great first step in building communication. But some people, including Temeka Ramsey Graham and Shun Strickland, felt more needed to be said.\u201CI think it\u2019s a great start but it was lacking some depth.\" Graham said.\u201CIf we want people to come out, we are going to have to give them an opportunity to have their voice heard. We can\u2019t sidestep race; race is a part of this,\" Strickland said.While there wasn\u2019t question-and-answers from the audience portion to the meeting, law enforcement and city officials stayed after the open house to speak individually with anyone who had questions for them. Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse was happy with the outcome of the meeting.\"People need to know what programs, opportunities there are in their cities and people need to participate in those,\" Sprouse said. \"The conversation will go where it needs to go. We are willing to talk to anybody about issues they have.\"A second open house meeting has not been scheduled."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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