By now, chances are most of our readers have seen video posted to the Jamestown Police Department Facebook page showing officer Jakki Martin-Ahlbin rescuing a dog from the water near the Riverwalk.

It was just the latest of the department’s posts showing officers in the midst of community policing activities — helping their neighbors, taking a few minutes from a patrol to spend time with neighborhood children or taking part in community causes or fundraisers.

These activities aren’t new. The Post-Journal has written these types of stories often over the years. But the use of social media — and having someone who has a gift for using social media apps — is spreading the Jamestown Police Department’s community actions to an even larger audience.

Community relations was one of the areas city officials, the community and the police department itself included as a focus in the state Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Plan submitted to the state in 2021.

Consider that task completed.