WCPO sits with Middletown Police Chief to discuss plans for summer safety after violence last year

WCPO sits with Middletown Police Chief to discuss plans for summer safety after violence last year

When we talked with Middletown Police Chief Earl Nelson two weeks after his appointment to lead the department, he reflected on a violent summer and told us his plan to keep the city from experiencing the same thing this summer.He planned to recruit officers to fill the department's ranks and increase visible patrols in the community.In June 2025, as temperatures reached the upper 80s, we revisited the chief and asked if his plans had changed."T…